diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index d7e9473..6ea1848 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@
     <Message Text="Getting build info from $(_GIT)" Importance="high" />
     <MakeDir Directories="$(IntDir)" Condition="!Exists($(IntDir))" />
     <Exec Command="$(_GIT) name-rev --name-only HEAD &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)gitbranch.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
-    <Exec Command="$(_GIT) rev-parse HEAD &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)gitversion.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
-    <Exec Command="$(_GIT) name-rev --tags --name-only HEAD &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)gittag.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
+    <Exec Command="$(_GIT) rev-parse --short HEAD &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)gitversion.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
+    <Exec Command="$(_GIT) describe --all --always --dirty &gt; &quot;$(IntDir)gittag.txt&quot;" ContinueOnError="true" />
     <PropertyGroup>
       <GitBranch Condition="Exists('$(IntDir)gitbranch.txt')">$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)gitbranch.txt').Trim())</GitBranch>
       <GitVersion Condition="Exists('$(IntDir)gitversion.txt')">$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(IntDir)gitversion.txt').Trim())</GitVersion>
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d4eccb1..abe1dc5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2743,8 +2743,8 @@
 fi
 if test $HAS_GIT = found
 then
-    GITVERSION="git -C \$(srcdir) rev-parse HEAD"
-    GITTAG="git -C \$(srcdir) name-rev --tags --name-only HEAD"
+    GITVERSION="git -C \$(srcdir) rev-parse --short HEAD"
+    GITTAG="git -C \$(srcdir) describe --all --always --dirty"
     GITBRANCH="git -C \$(srcdir) name-rev --name-only HEAD"
 else
     GITVERSION=""
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f00a2a6..9eacf52 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 fi
 if test $HAS_GIT = found
 then
-    GITVERSION="git -C \$(srcdir) rev-parse HEAD"
-    GITTAG="git -C \$(srcdir) name-rev --tags --name-only HEAD"
+    GITVERSION="git -C \$(srcdir) rev-parse --short HEAD"
+    GITTAG="git -C \$(srcdir) describe --all --always --dirty"
     GITBRANCH="git -C \$(srcdir) name-rev --name-only HEAD"
 else
     GITVERSION=""