diff --git a/setup.py-stubs b/setup.py-stubs
index b09c47f739..9abfa348a9 100644
--- a/setup.py-stubs
+++ b/setup.py-stubs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ setup(
         "root": "..",
         "relative_to": __file__,
         "local_scheme": local_scheme,
-        "git_describe_command": "tools/describe",
+        "git_describe_command": "tools/describe --long",
     },
     zip_safe=False,
 )
diff --git a/tools/describe b/tools/describe
index becdc1e5bd..7fd624abe3 100755
--- a/tools/describe
+++ b/tools/describe
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-git describe --first-parent --dirty --tags --always --match "[1-9].*"
+# Add any supplied arguments.
+git describe --first-parent --dirty --tags --always --match "[1-9].*" "$@"