diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f73e5ee5d..5d2489e3d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Global vars
 #############################
 PROJECT_NAME := $(shell basename $(shell pwd))
-PROJECT_VER  := $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty | sed -e '/^v/s/^v\(.*\)$$/\1/g') # Strip leading 'v' if found
+PROJECT_VER  ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty | sed -e '/^v/s/^v\(.*\)$$/\1/g') # Strip leading 'v' if found
 # Last released version (not dirty
 PROJECT_VER_TAGGED  := $(shell git describe --tags --always --abbrev=0 | sed -e '/^v/s/^v\(.*\)$$/\1/g') # Strip leading 'v' if found
 SRCDIR       ?= .