diff --git a/goodies/tag.sh b/goodies/tag.sh
index fe9c5a5..da6d7dd 100755
--- a/goodies/tag.sh
+++ b/goodies/tag.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ cd  `dirname $0`/../
 
 version=`sed -e "s/version\ * = \ *'\(.*\)'.*/\1/;tx;d;:x" ./ldapcherry/version.py`
 
-git tag "$version"
+git tag "$version" -m "version $version"
 git push origin "$version"