diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/common/rules b/components/packaging/deb/common/rules
index d098e3a816..74f4b7c8d9 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/common/rules
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/common/rules
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ override_dh_gencontrol:
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	cd engine && ./hack/make.sh dynbinary
-	cd cli && LDFLAGS="" make VERSION=$(VERSION) dynbinary
+	cd cli && LDFLAGS='' make VERSION=$(VERSION) GITCOMMIT=$(DOCKER_GITCOMMIT) dynbinary
 	# ./man/md2man-all.sh runs outside the build container (if at all), since we don't have go-md2man here
 
 override_dh_auto_test: