--- /dev/null
+--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
++++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
+@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ else
+ # annotated or signed tagged state (as git describe only
+ # looks at signed or annotated tags - git tag -a/-s) and
+ # LOCALVERSION= is not specified
+- if test "${LOCALVERSION+set}" != "set"; then
++ if test "${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION+set}" != "set"; then
+ scm=$(scm_version --short)
+ res="$res${scm:++}"
+ fi