diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_skypopen/Makefile.am b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_skypopen/Makefile.am
index 466a09b7b8..d696fae783 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_skypopen/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_skypopen/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/build/modmake.rulesam
 MODNAME=mod_skypopen
 mod_LTLIBRARIES = mod_skypopen.la
 mod_skypopen_la_SOURCES  = mod_skypopen.c skypopen_protocol.c
-mod_skypopen_la_CFLAGS   = $(AM_CFLAGS) -DSKYPOPEN_SVN_VERSION=\"`cat $(switch_builddir)/.version`\" -I../../../../libs/spandsp/src -I../../../..//libs/tiff-3.8.2/libtiff
+mod_skypopen_la_CFLAGS   = $(AM_CFLAGS) -DSKYPOPEN_SVN_VERSION=\"`git describe`\" -I../../../../libs/spandsp/src -I../../../..//libs/tiff-3.8.2/libtiff
 mod_skypopen_la_LIBADD   = $(switch_builddir)/libfreeswitch.la
 mod_skypopen_la_LDFLAGS  = -L../../../../libs/spandsp/src -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -shared -lX11 -lspandsp