diff --git a/packages/image/install b/packages/image/install
index b9eb8cf778..95e8ce5b79 100755
--- a/packages/image/install
+++ b/packages/image/install
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 if [ "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = devel -o "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = debug ]; then
   BUILD_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
-  BZR_BUILD=`bzr version-info --custom --template={revno}`
-  OPENELEC_VERSION=$OPENELEC_VERSION-$BUILD_DATE-r$BZR_BUILD
+  GIT_BUILD=`git log --pretty=format:'' | wc -l`
+  OPENELEC_VERSION=$OPENELEC_VERSION-$BUILD_DATE-r$GIT_BUILD
 fi
 
 TARGET_VERSION="$PROJECT.$TARGET_ARCH-$OPENELEC_VERSION"