diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 151b29a6afc7bf97b48cf54581cd8399b3d3ee88..52174ed1e19e2ad0bd2bb256396734cff978658b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def get_git_version():
     except EnvironmentError:
         return None
     version = p.communicate()[0].rstrip()
-    version = version.replace('-', '+', 1).replace('-', '.')
+    version = version.replace('-', '+', 1).replace('-', '.').lstrip('v')
     if p.returncode != 0:
         return None
     return version