diff --git a/glicid-tainted/packages/staging.scm b/glicid-tainted/packages/staging.scm
index 825c7ee..9822fff 100644
--- a/glicid-tainted/packages/staging.scm
+++ b/glicid-tainted/packages/staging.scm
@@ -86,8 +86,18 @@
   (build-system python-build-system)
   (arguments
      `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                  (delete 'check)(delete 'sanity-check))))
+                  (delete 'check)
+                  (delete 'sanity-check)
+                  (add-before 'build 'pretend-version
+                   ;; The version string is usually derived via setuptools-scm, but
+                   ;; without the git metadata available, the version string is set to
+                   ;; '0.0.0'.
+                   (lambda _
+                     (setenv "SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION" #$version)))
+  )))
  
+
+
   (propagated-inputs (list python-h5py
                            python-nest-asyncio
                            python-numpy