diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dbbd8d04e..dc2d5ab4c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/make
 
 # Extract version from git, or if we're from a zipfile, use dirname
-VERSION=$(shell git describe --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's,.*/lightning-\([0-9.rc]*\)$$,\1,p')
+VERSION=$(shell git describe --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's,.*/clightning-\(v[0-9.rc]*\)$$,\1,p')
 
 ifeq ($(VERSION),)
 $(error "ERROR: git is required for generating version information")