diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9bd2cdddc..01ac9b23f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,23 +20,24 @@ include(OpenMWMacros)
 
 include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
 
-get_git_tag_revision(taghash --tags --max-count=1)
-get_git_head_revision(refspec commithash)
-git_describe(version --tags ${taghash})
+get_git_tag_revision(TAGHASH --tags --max-count=1)
+get_git_head_revision(REFSPEC COMMITHASH)
+git_describe(VERSION --tags ${TAGHASH})
 
-string(REGEX MATCH "^openmw-[^0-9]*[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+.*" match "${version}")
-if (match)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^openmw-([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR "${version}")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^openmw-[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR "${version}")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^openmw-[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE "${version}")
+string(REGEX MATCH "^openmw-[^0-9]*[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+.*" MATCH "${VERSION}")
+if (MATCH)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^openmw-([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR "${VERSION}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^openmw-[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR "${VERSION}")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^openmw-[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE "${VERSION}")
 
     set(OPENMW_VERSION "${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE}")
-    set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMIT "${commithash}")
+    set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "${COMMITHASH}")
+    set(OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH "${TAGHASH}")
 
     message(STATUS "Configuring OpenMW ${OPENMW_VERSION}...")
-else (match)
+else (MATCH)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to get valid version information from Git")
-endif (match)
+endif (MATCH)
 
 # doxygen main page
 
diff --git a/apps/launcher/maindialog.cpp b/apps/launcher/maindialog.cpp
index 42d3d1754..67665adf0 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/maindialog.cpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/maindialog.cpp
@@ -73,13 +73,19 @@ Launcher::MainDialog::MainDialog(QWidget *parent)
     setWindowFlags(this->windowFlags() & ~Qt::WindowContextHelpButtonHint);
 
     // Add version information to bottom of the window
-    QString revision(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMIT);
-    revision = revision.left(10);
+    QString revision(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH);
+    QString tag(OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH);
 
+    if (revision == tag) {
+        versionLabel->setText(tr("OpenMW %0 release").arg(OPENMW_VERSION));
+    } else {
+        versionLabel->setText(tr("OpenMW unstable, revision %0").arg(revision.left(10)));
+    }
+
+    // Add the compile date and time
     QDate date(QDate::fromString(__DATE__, QLatin1String("MMM dd yyyy")));
     QTime time(QTime::fromString(__TIME__, QLatin1String("hh:m:ss")));
 
-    versionLabel->setText(tr("OpenMW %0 revision %1").arg(OPENMW_VERSION, revision));
     versionLabel->setToolTip(tr("Compiled on %0 %1").arg(date.toString(Qt::SystemLocaleShortDate),
                                                          time.toString(Qt::SystemLocaleShortDate)));
 
diff --git a/components/version/version.hpp.cmake b/components/version/version.hpp.cmake
index 4adb0d8c2..4cdfa32f0 100644
--- a/components/version/version.hpp.cmake
+++ b/components/version/version.hpp.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #define OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE @OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE@
 #define OPENMW_VERSION "@OPENMW_VERSION@"
 
-#define OPENMW_VERSION_COMMIT "@OPENMW_VERSION_COMMIT@"
+#define OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "@OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH@"
+#define OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH "@OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH@"
 
 #endif // VERSION_HPP