diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index b145af7..9b3dcf1 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config DEMO_VENDOR_HOME
 
 config DEMO_VENDOR_VERSION
 	string "Version of operating system, may be a script with ``"
-	default "`$BR2_EXTERNAL_NETBOX_PATH/bin/mkversion`"
+	default "`$BR2_EXTERNAL_NETBOX_PATH/bin/mkversion $BR2_EXTERNAL_DEMO_PATH`"
 	help
 	   A lower-case string (no spaces or other characters outside of
            0–9, a–z, '.', '_' and '-') identifying the operating system
diff --git a/board/common/post-image.sh b/board/common/post-image.sh
index 77e2d54..01d5a49 100755
--- a/board/common/post-image.sh
+++ b/board/common/post-image.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 err=0
 ver=""
 if [ -n "$RELEASE" ]; then
-    ver="-$($BR2_EXTERNAL_NETBOX_PATH/bin/mkversion)"
+    # NOTE: Must use `-f $BR2_EXTERNAL` here to get, e.g. app-demo GIT version
+    ver="-$($BR2_EXTERNAL_NETBOX_PATH/bin/mkversion -f $BR2_EXTERNAL)"
 
     if [ "$RELEASE" != "$ver" ]; then
        echo "==============================================================================="