diff --git a/commit-version.sh b/commit-version.sh
index 5aafdec0..e821a069 100755
--- a/commit-version.sh
+++ b/commit-version.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-SNV_VERSION=`git show -s --format=%h`
-echo -n "4.0+git$SNV_VERSION"
+BASE_VERSION="4.0"
+if [ -d .git ]; then
+	GIT_COMMIT=`git show -s --format=%h`
+	echo -n "$BASE_VERSION+git$GIT_COMMIT"
+else
+	echo -n "$BASE_VERSION"
+fi
diff --git a/git-commit-version.sh b/git-commit-version.sh
index 344c47db..e821a069 100755
--- a/git-commit-version.sh
+++ b/git-commit-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-SNV_VERSION=`git show -s --format=%h`
-echo -n "4.0+git$SNV_VERSION"
-
+BASE_VERSION="4.0"
+if [ -d .git ]; then
+	GIT_COMMIT=`git show -s --format=%h`
+	echo -n "$BASE_VERSION+git$GIT_COMMIT"
+else
+	echo -n "$BASE_VERSION"
+fi
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 5aafdec0..e821a069 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-SNV_VERSION=`git show -s --format=%h`
-echo -n "4.0+git$SNV_VERSION"
+BASE_VERSION="4.0"
+if [ -d .git ]; then
+	GIT_COMMIT=`git show -s --format=%h`
+	echo -n "$BASE_VERSION+git$GIT_COMMIT"
+else
+	echo -n "$BASE_VERSION"
+fi