diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 67a596f..2c6feb4 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ update_abuildrepo_index() {
 	subpkg_unset
 
 	if [ -z "$DESCRIPTION" ]; then
-		DESCRIPTION="$repo $(cd $startdir && $git describe)"
+		DESCRIPTION="$repo $(cd $startdir && $git describe 2>/dev/null || true)"
 	fi
 
 	for i in $allarch; do