diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 853b317..c1f57d1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# Get the version name first by seeing if HEAD is tagged
-version := $(shell git tag --points-at HEAD -l '0.*.*' | sort -r | head -1)
-# And if it wasn't use a git hash
-ifeq ($(version),)
-  version := $(shell git log -1 --abbrev=8 --pretty=git%h)
-endif
+# Get a version name based off the nearest tag (include lightweight tags)
+version := $(shell git describe --tags)
 
 DESTDIR := /usr