diff --git a/play-services-core/build.gradle b/play-services-core/build.gradle
index fd19739f..cc80ee73 100644
--- a/play-services-core/build.gradle
+++ b/play-services-core/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def execResult(...args) {
 
 def gmsVersion = "13.2.80"
 def gmsVersionCode = Integer.parseInt(gmsVersion.replaceAll('\\.', ''))
-def gitVersionBase = execResult('git', 'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=0').substring(1)
+def gitVersionBase = execResult('git', 'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=0', '--match=v[0-9]*').substring(1)
 def gitCommitCount = Integer.parseInt(execResult('git', 'rev-list', '--count', "v$gitVersionBase..HEAD"))
 def gitCommitId = execResult('git', 'show-ref', '--abbrev=7', '--head', 'HEAD').split(' ')[0]
 def gitDirty = execResult('git', 'status', '--porcelain').size() > 0