diff --git a/lib/gitversion.pl b/lib/gitversion.pl
index 448f13d..8ddd9ff 100644
--- a/lib/gitversion.pl
+++ b/lib/gitversion.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 my $gitdesc = `git describe --always --dirty || echo -- \"0-gUNKNOWN\"`;
 chomp $gitdesc;
-my $gitsuffix = ($gitdesc =~ /([0-9a-fA-F]{7}(-dirty)?)$/) ? $1 : "-gUNKNOWN";
+my $gitsuffix = ($gitdesc =~ /([0-9a-fA-F]{7}(-dirty)?)$/) ? "-g$1" : "-gUNKNOWN";
 
 printf STDERR "git suffix: %s\n", $gitsuffix;
 printf "#define GIT_SUFFIX \"%s\"\n", $gitsuffix;