diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d16a8e99d..7b2bfb96d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ m4_define([v_maj], [0])
 m4_define([v_min], [16])
 m4_define([v_mic], [999])
 m4_define([v_rev], m4_esyscmd([(svnversion . | grep -v exported || echo 0) | awk -F : '{printf("%s", $1);}' | tr 'A-z' ' ' | sed 's/ //g']))
+m4_if(v_rev, [0], [m4_define([v_rev],
+m4_esyscmd([git log 2> /dev/null | (grep -m1 git-svn-id || echo 0) | sed -e 's/.*@\([0-9]*\).*/\1/' | tr -d '\n']))])
 ##--   When released, remove the dnl on the below line
 dnl m4_undefine([v_rev])
 ##--   When doing snapshots - change soname. remove dnl on below line