diff --git a/ports/rtlsdr/CONTROL b/ports/rtlsdr/CONTROL
index c276dc317..cbd10d653 100644
--- a/ports/rtlsdr/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/rtlsdr/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: rtlsdr
-Version: 2020-04-16
+Version: 2020-04-16-1
 Homepage: https://osmocom.org/projects/rtl-sdr
 Description: rtl-sdr is a library that turns your Realtek RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a SDR receiver
 Build-Depends: libusb, pthreads (windows)
diff --git a/ports/rtlsdr/fix-version.patch b/ports/rtlsdr/fix-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..854a054ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/rtlsdr/fix-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/Version.cmake b/cmake/modules/Version.cmake
+index 2d4e76d..6acffe2 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/Version.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/Version.cmake
+@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ if(GIT_FOUND)
+         OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_DESCRIBE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+     )
+-else()
++endif()
++
++if ("${GIT_DESCRIBE}" STREQUAL "")
+     set(GIT_DESCRIBE "v${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.x-xxx-xunknown")
+ endif()
+ 
diff --git a/ports/rtlsdr/portfile.cmake b/ports/rtlsdr/portfile.cmake
index 925a076f8..fdf484290 100644
--- a/ports/rtlsdr/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/rtlsdr/portfile.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     REF d794155ba65796a76cd0a436f9709f4601509320
     SHA512 21fe10f1dbecca651650f03d1008560930fac439d220c33b4a23acce98d78d8476ff200765eed8cfa6cddde761d45f7ba36c8b5bc3662aa85819172830ea4938
     HEAD_REF master
-    PATCHES Compile-with-msvc.patch
+    PATCHES
+        Compile-with-msvc.patch
+        fix-version.patch
 )
 
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