diff --git a/board/common/post-build.sh b/board/common/post-build.sh
index 447cf79a..7d0248ce 100755
--- a/board/common/post-build.sh
+++ b/board/common/post-build.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+GIT_VERSION=$(git -C $BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH describe --always --dirty --tags)
+
 # This is a symlink to /usr/lib/os-release, so we remove this to keep
 # original Buildroot information.
 rm "$TARGET_DIR/etc/os-release"
 {
 	echo "NAME=\"Inf/IX\""
-	echo "VERSION=${BR2_VERSION}"
+	echo "VERSION=${GIT_VERSION}"
 	echo "ID=infix"
-	echo "VERSION_ID=${BR2_VERSION}"
+	echo "VERSION_ID=${GIT_VERSION}"
 	echo "PRETTY_NAME=\"Inf/IX by KernelKit\""
 	echo "HOME_URL=https://github.com/KernelKit"
 } > "$TARGET_DIR/etc/os-release"
 
-echo "Inf/IX by KernelKit $BR2_VERSION -- $(date +"%b %e %H:%M %Z %Y")" > "$TARGET_DIR/etc/version"
+echo "Inf/IX by KernelKit $GIT_VERSION -- $(date +"%b %e %H:%M %Z %Y")" > "$TARGET_DIR/etc/version"