diff --git a/src/cmake/genrev.cmake b/src/cmake/genrev.cmake
index d09e58256..5c3e61d3a 100644
--- a/src/cmake/genrev.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/genrev.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ else()
   if(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
     # Create a revision-string that we can use
     execute_process(
-      COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --long --match 0.1 --dirty=+ --abbrev=12
+      COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --long --match 0.1 --dirty=+ --abbrev=12 --always
       WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE rev_info
       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE