diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a23783f2ceebdbbf470b5d3deb3f58643b9bc736..271dd344596fdd7d84c91e6604f4829f1ba99eb2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ ifeq ($(TARBALL_VERSION),)
 # YYYY-MM-DD
 LAST_COMMIT_DATE:=$(shell git log -1 --format=%cd --date=short)
 CURRENT_DATE:=$(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d")
-VERSION_NUMBER:=$(shell date +"%H%M")
+
+# number of commits that day
+NUMBER_OF_COMMITS:=$(shell git log --format=%cd --date=short | grep -c $(LAST_COMMIT_DATE))
 
 # YYMMDD
 CURRENT_DATE_SHORT:=$(shell echo $(CURRENT_DATE) | sed -s 's/-//g')
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ CURRENT_DATE_SHORT:=$(shell echo $(CURRENT_DATE) | sed -s 's/-//g')
 # last commit id
 COMMIT_ID:=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
-RELEASE_VERSION:=$(CURRENT_DATE_SHORT).$(VERSION_NUMBER).$(COMMIT_ID)
+RELEASE_VERSION:=$(CURRENT_DATE_SHORT).$(NUMBER_OF_COMMITS).$(COMMIT_ID)
 
 else
 $(warning Using version from the .tarball-version file: $(TARBALL_VERSION))