diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 142459b32..959a5453f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.6.3 foreign])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
-RELEASE=0.SVN$(svnversion -n .)
+RELEASE=$(git log -1 --format=%h .)
 dnl RELEASE=0beta
 dnl RELEASE=0rc1
 dnl RELEASE=1