diff --git a/loader/Makefile.in b/loader/Makefile.in
index 94c2428c5fe..47a86292eca 100644
--- a/loader/Makefile.in
+++ b/loader/Makefile.in
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ clean::
 	$(RM) $(WINE_BINARIES) $(MODULE) version.c version-stamp
 
 version-stamp: dummy
-	(GIT_DIR=$(TOPSRCDIR)/.git git describe 2>/dev/null || echo "wine-@PACKAGE_VERSION@") | sed -e 's/\(.*\)/const char wine_version[] = "\1";/' >$@ || ($(RM) $@ && exit 1)
+	(GIT_DIR=$(TOPSRCDIR)/.git git-describe 2>/dev/null || echo "wine-@PACKAGE_VERSION@") | sed -e 's/\(.*\)/const char wine_version[] = "\1";/' >$@ || ($(RM) $@ && exit 1)
 
 version.c: version-stamp
 	@cmp -s version-stamp $@ || cp version-stamp $@