diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index 42b77d10e2..dd46401e7a 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ export INSTALL=$BUILD/image/system
 BUILD_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
 
 if [ "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = devel -o "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = debug ]; then
-  GIT_BUILD=`git log --pretty=format:'' | wc -l`
-  GIT_HASH=`git log -n1 --format=%H`
+  GIT_BUILD=`git rev-list HEAD | wc -l`
+  GIT_HASH=`git rev-parse HEAD`
   OPENELEC_VERSION=$OPENELEC_VERSION-$BUILD_DATE-r$GIT_BUILD
 fi