diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e717d01..0dc93e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 EXECUTABLE ?= drone-terraform
 IMAGE ?= plugins/$(EXECUTABLE)
+COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
-LDFLAGS = -X "main.buildDate=$(shell date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z')"
+LDFLAGS = -X "main.buildCommit=$(COMMIT)"
 PACKAGES = $(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
 
 all: deps build test