diff --git a/mitmproxy/version.py b/mitmproxy/version.py
index 63fb7bf93..82368296b 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/version.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/version.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def get_dev_version() -> str:
     here = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
     try:
         git_describe = subprocess.check_output(
-            ['git', 'describe', '--long'],
+            ['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--long'],
             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
             cwd=here,
         )
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/test_version.py b/test/mitmproxy/test_version.py
index 924f2d961..c0722537d 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/test_version.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/test_version.py
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ def test_get_version():
         m.return_value = b"tag-2-cafecafe"
         assert version.get_dev_version() == "3.0.0rc2 (+2, commit cafecaf)"
 
-        m.side_effect = subprocess.CalledProcessError(-1, 'git describe --long')
+        m.side_effect = subprocess.CalledProcessError(-1, 'git describe --tags --long')
         assert version.get_dev_version() == "3.0.0rc2"