diff --git a/version/long.txt.do b/version/long.txt.do
index c62151806..af4b859f5 100644
--- a/version/long.txt.do
+++ b/version/long.txt.do
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver=$(git describe | sed 's/^v//')
+ver=$(cd ../.. && git describe | sed 's/^v//')
 if [ "$ver" = "${ver%-*}" ]; then
 	# no sub-version. ie. it's 0.05 and not 0.05-341
 	# so add a sub-version.