diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 32dab83d5..87f722e1c 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@ config_file = configure_file(
   output : 'config.h',
   configuration : config_cfg)
 
+intel_driver_git_version = intel_vaapi_driver_version
 if git.found()
-  git_version = run_command(
-    git, '--git-dir', join_paths(meson.source_root(), '.git'),
-    'describe', '--tags')
-  intel_driver_git_version = git_version.stdout().strip()
-else
-  intel_driver_git_version = intel_vaapi_driver_version
+  if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.47.0')
+    git_version = run_command(
+      git, '--git-dir', join_paths(meson.source_root(), '.git'),
+      'describe', '--tags', check: false)
+  else
+    git_version = run_command(
+      git, '--git-dir', join_paths(meson.source_root(), '.git'),
+      'describe', '--tags')
+  endif
+  if git_version.returncode() == 0
+    intel_driver_git_version = git_version.stdout().strip()
+  endif
 endif
 
 version_cfg = configuration_data()