diff --git a/support/version b/support/version
index f3b37916..ba9bfedb 100755
--- a/support/version
+++ b/support/version
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ if [ -d ".git" ]; then
     VER=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."; git describe --match "v*" 2> /dev/null)-unknown
   fi
   VER=$(echo $VER | sed "s/^v//" | sed "s/-\([0-9]*\)-\(g[0-9a-f]*\)/.\1~\2/")
-else
+elif [ -f "$(dirname "$0")/../debian/changelog" ]; then
   VER=$(head -1 "$(dirname "$0")/../debian/changelog" | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d '()' | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+else
+  VER="0.0.0~unknown"
 fi
 
 # Output