diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 597e5f650..605c96cdd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ UNITWORKDIR = "/var/lib/neo-go"
 DC_FILE=.docker/docker-compose.yml
 
 REPO ?= "$(shell go list -m)"
-VERSION ?= "$(shell git describe --tags 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//')"
+VERSION ?= "$(shell git describe --tags 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//')-neox"
 BUILD_FLAGS = "-X '$(REPO)/pkg/config.Version=$(VERSION)'"
 
 IMAGE_REPO=nspccdev/neo-go