diff --git a/QGCCommon.pri b/QGCCommon.pri
index 70b4c97bbddfb44976702674de5c1cdd0c00ebe3..ca546d80117489287f20802c1ccc96f5dd614861 100644
--- a/QGCCommon.pri
+++ b/QGCCommon.pri
@@ -133,14 +133,15 @@ exists ($$PWD/.git) {
     contains(GIT_DESCRIBE, v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+) {
         # release version "vX.Y.Z"
         GIT_VERSION = $${GIT_DESCRIBE}
+        VERSION      = $$replace(GIT_DESCRIBE, "v", "")
+        VERSION      = $$replace(VERSION, "-", ".")
+        VERSION      = $$section(VERSION, ".", 0, 3)
     } else {
         # development version "Development branch:sha date"
         GIT_VERSION = "Development $${GIT_BRANCH}:$${GIT_HASH} $${GIT_TIME}"
+        VERSION         = 0.0.0
     }
 
-    VERSION      = $$replace(GIT_DESCRIBE, "v", "")
-    VERSION      = $$replace(VERSION, "-", ".")
-    VERSION      = $$section(VERSION, ".", 0, 3)
     MacBuild {
         MAC_VERSION  = $$section(VERSION, ".", 0, 2)
         MAC_BUILD    = $$section(VERSION, ".", 3, 3)