diff --git a/bin/cdist-config b/bin/cdist-config
index 46a86ecb..ed19e70d 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-config
+++ b/bin/cdist-config
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Fail if something bogus is going on and export all variables
 set -u
 
-__cdist_version="1.0.0"
+__cdist_version="$(git describe)"
 
 ################################################################################
 # cconf standard vars prefixed with cdist