diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 26fd7f301..0ae9481ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@ project(fastfetch
     LANGUAGES C
 )
 
-#e.g. +1
-#This allows to track builds between versions, without GitHub creating a new release
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA "+3")
+# Track commits between version bumps for output in --version
+# Ignored by --version-raw and github actions
+if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND git describe --tags
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
+    string(REGEX MATCH "-[0-9]+" PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK "${PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK}")
+endif()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
diff --git a/src/fastfetch.c b/src/fastfetch.c
index 85cee00fb..78cde1fbb 100644
--- a/src/fastfetch.c
+++ b/src/fastfetch.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void parseOption(FFinstance* instance, FFdata* data, const char* key, con
     }
     else if(strcasecmp(key, "-v") == 0 || strcasecmp(key, "--version") == 0)
     {
-        puts("fastfetch "FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION""FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA);
+        puts("fastfetch "FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION""FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK);
         exit(0);
     }
     else if(strcasecmp(key, "--version-raw") == 0)
diff --git a/src/fastfetch_config.h.in b/src/fastfetch_config.h.in
index 3453cc4ec..71aae7ac4 100644
--- a/src/fastfetch_config.h.in
+++ b/src/fastfetch_config.h.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #define FASTFETCH_PROJECT_NAME "@PROJECT_NAME@"
 #define FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION "@PROJECT_VERSION@"
 #define FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA "@PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA@"
+#define FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK "@PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK@"
 
 #define FASTFETCH_DATATEXT_STRUCTURE "@DATATEXT_STRUCTURE@"
 #define FASTFETCH_DATATEXT_CONFIG "@DATATEXT_CONFIG@" //Requires FASTFETCH_PROJECT_VERSION and FASTFETCH_DATATEXT_STRUCTURE to be set