diff --git a/cmake/install/install.cmake b/cmake/install/install.cmake
index c738e7329..710e8fa31 100644
--- a/cmake/install/install.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install/install.cmake
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 set(TARGET_NAME Linphone)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules")
 
+
+if (GIT_EXECUTABLE AND NOT(LINPHONEAPP_VERSION))
+	execute_process(
+		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --always
+		OUTPUT_VARIABLE LINPHONEAPP_VERSION
+		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+	)
+endif()
+
 if(NOT LINPHONEAPP_VERSION)
 	bc_compute_full_version(LINPHONEAPP_VERSION)
 endif()