diff --git a/buildrepo.in b/buildrepo.in
index 5aa3e43a3e50332a6e456f587ec6c1510113968e..c211789714b4d6f7e0ee6bdff814f55a70778a87 100755
--- a/buildrepo.in
+++ b/buildrepo.in
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ build() {
 		oldindex="--index APKINDEX.tar.gz"
 	fi
 	tmpindex=$(mktemp).tar.gz
-	apk index $oldindex -o $tmpindex *.apk
+	apk index $oldindex -o $tmpindex \
+		--description "$repo $(cd $aportsdir && git describe)" \
+		*.apk
 	abuild-sign $tmpindex && mv $tmpindex APKINDEX.tar.gz
 	chmod 644 APKINDEX.tar.gz
 	rm -f tmp.*