diff --git a/scripts/git_version b/scripts/git_version
index 393950f12..ce714e0c4 100755
--- a/scripts/git_version
+++ b/scripts/git_version
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-[ -f "$PKG_BUILD/git.version" ] && PKG_GIT_VERSION=`cat $PKG_BUILD/git.version`
+[ -f "$PKG_BUILD/VERSION" ] && PKG_GIT_VERSION=`cat $PKG_BUILD/VERSION`
 
 echo $PKG_GIT_VERSION