diff --git a/aegisub/configure.in b/aegisub/configure.in
index e1ac47048..afafce0fa 100644
--- a/aegisub/configure.in
+++ b/aegisub/configure.in
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ AS_IF([test -d "$srcdir/.svn"], [
 ], [test -f "$srcdir/svn_revision"], [
   SVN_REVISION=`cat $srcdir/svn_revision`
   AC_MSG_RESULT([$SVN_REVISION from "$srcdir/svn_revision"])
+], [test -d "$srcdir/../.git"], [
+  SVN_REVISION=[`git log | grep git-svn-id -m 1 | sed 's/.*@\([0-9]\+\) .*/\1/'`]
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$SVN_REVISION from git])
 ], [
   AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
   AC_MSG_FAILURE([unable to get SVN Revision from $srcdir/svn_revision or 'svnversion $srcdir'])