diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f11f632..2346226 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ else()
   SET(ASAN_L_FLAGS "")
 endif()
 
-add_custom_target( version ALL "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/get_version.sh" "\"${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}\"" )
+add_custom_target( version ALL "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/get_version.sh" -- "\"${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/\"" )
 
 link_directories( ${X11_LIBRARY_DIRS}
                   ${PANGOCAIRO_LIBRARY_DIRS}
diff --git a/get_version.sh b/get_version.sh
index 2b73fd3..0b50561 100755
--- a/get_version.sh
+++ b/get_version.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ then
     fi
     VERSION=$(git describe --exact-match 2>/dev/null || echo "$MAJOR-git$(git show -s --pretty=format:%ci | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tr -d '-').$(git show -s --pretty=format:%h)")$DIRTY
 else
-    VERSION=$( (head -n 1 ChangeLog || head -n 1 ../ChangeLog) | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-    if [ "$VERSION" = "master" ]
+    VERSION=$(head -n 1 ${2}ChangeLog | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
+    if [ $VERSION = "master" ]
     then
-        VERSION=$VERSION-$( (head -n 1 ChangeLog || head -n 1 ../ChangeLog) | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+        VERSION=$VERSION-$(head -n 1 ${2}ChangeLog | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/packaging/make_ubuntu.sh b/packaging/make_ubuntu.sh
index 4603cdc..60f8f26 100755
--- a/packaging/make_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/packaging/make_ubuntu.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Get version (and check that the repository is clean)
-VERSION=$(../get_version.sh --strict)
+VERSION=$(../get_version.sh --strict ../)
 if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]
 then
     echo >&2 "Error: get_version.sh failed!"