diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 265317df3b0ed59f249850950252cb98b4c72192..9d198957c216ab50be5115bfdefd1a1dab109111 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dnl Autoconf settings for vlc
 
-AC_INIT(vlc,0.9.0-svn)
+AC_INIT(vlc,0.9.0-git)
 VERSION_MAJOR="0"
 VERSION_MINOR="9"
 VERSION_REVISION="0"
-VERSION_EXTRA="svn"
+VERSION_EXTRA="git"
 
 CONFIGURE_LINE="`echo "$0 $ac_configure_args" | sed -e 's/\\\/\\\\\\\/g'`"
 CODENAME="Grishenko"