diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 23c9f965a44f89820bd7a2b7c85046a4ce7165af..0e1a8685d075c753a61363034cc529ff6656b344 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ apkcache() {
 	if [ -f APKINDEX.tar.gz ]; then
 		oldindex="--index APKINDEX.tar.gz"
 	fi
-	apk index $oldindex --output APKINDEX.tar.gz.unsigned *.apk || exit 1
+	apk index $oldindex --output APKINDEX.tar.gz.unsigned \
+		--description "$repo $(cd $startdir && git describe)" \
+		*.apk || exit 1
 	msg "Signing the index..."
 	abuild-sign -q APKINDEX.tar.gz.unsigned || exit 1
 	mv APKINDEX.tar.gz.unsigned APKINDEX.tar.gz