diff --git a/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh b/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
index da5288018..4a8847783 100755
--- a/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
+++ b/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
@@ -424,8 +424,11 @@ function genconfig {
 
 		# Set target version
 		local GIT_TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
-		echo "CONFIG_TARGET_VERSION=\"${GIT_TAG}\"" >> .config
-		echo "CONFIG_VERSION_CODE=\"${GIT_TAG}\"" >> .config
+		local GIT_REV=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+		local GIT_VER="$GIT_TAG"
+		git describe --contains $GIT_REV >/dev/null 2>&1 || GIT_VER="${GIT_TAG}_${GIT_REV}"
+		echo "CONFIG_TARGET_VERSION=\"${GIT_VER}\"" >> .config
+		echo "CONFIG_VERSION_CODE=\"${GIT_VER}\"" >> .config
 		echo "CONFIG_VERSION_PRODUCT=\"$BOARDTYPE"\" >> .config
 
 		# Enable Package source tree override if selected