diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 82bb424..21ac68c 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -857,6 +857,17 @@ calculate_stamp() {
   echo "${data}" | sha256sum | cut -d" " -f1
 }
 
+get_source_rev() {
+  local pkg_name=$1
+  local tarball_rev="$SOURCES/${pkg_name}/$(get_pkg_variable ${pkg_name} PKG_SOURCE_NAME).repo"
+
+  if [ -f ${tarball_rev} ]; then
+    cat ${tarball_rev} | awk '{ print substr($2,1,7) }'
+  else
+    get_pkg_version $pkg_name
+  fi
+}
+
 target_has_feature() {
   listcontains "$TARGET_FEATURES" "$1"
 }
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 50c0f41..e79fb62 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ configure_package() {
                          -DDEPENDS_PATH=$PKG_BUILD/depends \
                          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION \
                          -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION \
-                         -DGIT_VERSION=$PKG_VERSION \
+                         -DGIT_VERSION=$([ "$(type -t get_source_rev)" == "function" ] && get_source_rev $PKG_NAME || echo $PKG_VERSION) \
                          -DFFMPEG_PATH=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
                          -DENABLE_INTERNAL_FFMPEG=OFF \
                          -DENABLE_INTERNAL_CROSSGUID=OFF \