diff --git a/gunicorn/__init__.py b/gunicorn/__init__.py
index 24084849..b1b0e561 100644
--- a/gunicorn/__init__.py
+++ b/gunicorn/__init__.py
@@ -3,26 +3,6 @@
 # This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license. 
 # See the NOTICE for more information.
 
-
-import os
-
-if os.environ.get('release') != "true":
-
-    minor_tag = ""
-    try:
-        from gunicorn.util import popen3
-
-        stdin, stdout, stderr = popen3("git rev-parse --short HEAD --")
-        error = stderr.read()
-        if not error:
-            git_tag = stdout.read()[:-1]
-            minor_tag = ".%s-git" % git_tag
-    except OSError:        
-        pass
-else:
-    minor_tag = ""
-    
-
-version_info = (0, 11, "2%s" % minor_tag)
+version_info = (0, 11, 2)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))
 SERVER_SOFTWARE = "gunicorn/%s" % __version__
diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index 4fe5feea..1c9e066b 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -14,21 +14,6 @@ import sys
 import textwrap
 import time
 
-try:#python 2.6, use subprocess
-    import subprocess
-    subprocess.Popen  # trigger ImportError early
-    closefds = os.name == 'posix'
-    
-    def popen3(cmd, mode='t', bufsize=0):
-        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=bufsize,
-            stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, 
-            close_fds=closefds)
-        p.wait()
-        return (p.stdin, p.stdout, p.stderr)
-except ImportError:
-    subprocess = None
-    popen3 = os.popen3
-
 
 MAXFD = 1024
 if (hasattr(os, "devnull")):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc13bf9e..8825a510 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,12 +6,47 @@
 
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import sys
 
 from gunicorn import __version__
 
+
+try:#python 2.6, use subprocess
+    import subprocess
+    subprocess.Popen  # trigger ImportError early
+    closefds = os.name == 'posix'
+    
+    def popen3(cmd, mode='t', bufsize=0):
+        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, bufsize=bufsize,
+            stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, 
+            close_fds=closefds)
+        p.wait()
+        return (p.stdin, p.stdout, p.stderr)
+except ImportError:
+    subprocess = None
+    popen3 = os.popen3
+
+
+DEVELOP = "develop" in sys.argv
+
+version = __version__
+if DEVELOP:
+    minor_tag = ""
+    try:
+        stdin, stdout, stderr = popen3("git rev-parse --short HEAD --")
+        error = stderr.read()
+        if not error:
+            git_tag = stdout.read()[:-1]
+            minor_tag = ".%s-git" % git_tag
+    except OSError:        
+        pass
+
+    version = "%s%s" % (version, minor_tag)
+
+
 setup(
     name = 'gunicorn',
-    version = __version__,
+    version = version,
 
     description = 'WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX',
     long_description = file(