diff --git a/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake b/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
index 65aa8c78c5..d3e59a578f 100644
--- a/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
+++ b/CMake/ScmRevGen.cmake
@@ -22,16 +22,17 @@ if(GIT_FOUND)
   execute_process(WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list --count HEAD ^master
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOLPHIN_WC_COMMITS_AHEAD_MASTER
       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+  # defines DOLPHIN_WC_TAG
+  execute_process(WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --exact-match HEAD
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOLPHIN_WC_TAG
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 endif()
 
 # version number
 set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MAJOR "5")
 set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_MINOR "0")
-if(DOLPHIN_WC_BRANCH STREQUAL "stable")
-  set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH "0")
-else()
-  set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH ${DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION})
-endif()
+set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH ${DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION})
 
 # If Dolphin is not built from a Git repository, default the version info to
 # reasonable values.
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ if(NOT DOLPHIN_WC_REVISION)
   set(DOLPHIN_WC_COMMITS_AHEAD_MASTER 0)
 endif()
 
+# If this is a tag (i.e. a release), then set the current patch version and
+# the number of commits ahead to zero.
+if(DOLPHIN_WC_TAG)
+  set(DOLPHIN_VERSION_PATCH "0")
+  set(DOLPHIN_WC_COMMITS_AHEAD_MASTER 0)
+endif()
+
 function(configure_source_file path)
   configure_file(
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${path}.in"
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
index 298f4e0505..b2ff644ecc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/make_scmrev.h.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var cmd_revision	= " rev-parse HEAD";
 var cmd_describe	= " describe --always --long --dirty";
 var cmd_branch		= " rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD";
 var cmd_commits_ahead = " rev-list --count HEAD ^master";
+var cmd_get_tag       = " describe --exact-match HEAD";
 
 function GetGitExe()
 {
@@ -59,6 +60,25 @@ function GetFirstStdOutLine(cmd)
 	}
 }
 
+function AttemptToExecuteCommand(cmd)
+{
+	try
+	{
+		var exec = wshShell.Exec(cmd)
+
+		// wait until the command has finished
+		while (exec.Status == 0) {}
+
+		return exec.ExitCode;
+	}
+	catch (e)
+	{
+		// catch "the system cannot find the file specified" error
+		WScript.Echo("Failed to exec " + cmd + " this should never happen");
+		WScript.Quit(1);
+	}
+}
+
 function GetFileContents(f)
 {
 	try
@@ -88,6 +108,12 @@ if (default_update_track == "%DOLPHIN_DEFAULT_UPDATE_TRACK%") default_update_tra
 // remove hash (and trailing "-0" if needed) from description
 describe = describe.replace(/(-0)?-[^-]+(-dirty)?$/, '$2');
 
+// set commits ahead to zero if on a tag
+if (AttemptToExecuteCommand(gitexe + cmd_get_tag) == 0)
+{
+	commits_ahead = "0";
+}
+
 var out_contents =
 	"#define SCM_REV_STR \"" + revision + "\"\n" +
 	"#define SCM_DESC_STR \"" + describe + "\"\n" +