diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 13e499f897..8b95fa378b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ EXTRA_DIST = 			\
 
 dist-hook:
 	find $(distdir) -type f -name .gitignore -delete
+	git rev-parse --short HEAD | cut -b1-7 > $(distdir)/srcid
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8fb9cac1c9..cc59702056 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ m4_define([bind_VERSION_MINOR], 17)dnl
 m4_define([bind_VERSION_PATCH], 1)dnl
 m4_define([bind_VERSION_EXTRA], -dev)dnl
 m4_define([bind_DESCRIPTION], [(Development Release)])dnl
-m4_define([bind_SRCID], [m4_esyscmd_s([if test -f srcid; then cat srcid; else git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null; fi])])dnl
+m4_define([bind_SRCID], [m4_esyscmd_s([git rev-parse --short HEAD | cut -b1-7])])dnl
 m4_define([bind_PKG_VERSION], [[bind_VERSION_MAJOR.bind_VERSION_MINOR.bind_VERSION_PATCH]bind_VERSION_EXTRA])dnl
 
 #