diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d046adf..b18d656 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ export DH_VERBOSE = 1
 # package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
 #export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
+export GIT_VERSION = $(shell git describe --long --dirty --tags  | awk -F- '{ print $$1 }')
+
+override_dh_autoreconf:
+	sed 's/VERSION.*/VERSION = ${GIT_VERSION}/' -i project.properties
+	dh_autoreconf
+
+%:
+	dh $@
 
 %:
 	dh $@