diff --git a/make-tarball.sh b/make-tarball.sh
index c13b5102..ab15e541 100755
--- a/make-tarball.sh
+++ b/make-tarball.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ else
 	ZNCDIR=znc-$VERSION
 	TARGZ=$ZNCDIR.tar.gz
 	SIGN=1
-	DESC=""
-	# DESC="-rc1"
+	DESC="$(sed -En 's/set\(alpha_version "(.*)"\).*/\1/p' CMakeLists.txt)"
 fi
 
 TARGZ=`readlink -f -- $TARGZ`