diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e43b42d..dbf0098 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ archive:
   - apt-get update --quiet
   - apt-get install --quiet --assume-yes libsane-dev libgtk-3-dev libgimp2.0-dev
   script:
+  - extra=$(git describe --dirty --match '1.*' | sed 's/^[^-]*//');
+    sed -i '/AC_INIT/s/AC_INIT([^,]*, \[[^]]*/&'$extra'/' configure.ac  
   - autoreconf -fvi
   - ./configure
   - make dist