diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 9a23825218f2..b7bc0f5b64f6 100644
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd "${1:-.}" || usage
 # Check for git and a git repo.
 if head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
 	# Do we have an untagged version?
-	if  [ "`git name-rev --tags HEAD`" = "HEAD undefined" ]; then
+	if git name-rev --tags HEAD | grep -E '^HEAD[[:space:]]+(.*~[0-9]*|undefined)$' > /dev/null; then
 		printf '%s%s' -g `echo "$head" | cut -c1-8`
 	fi