diff --git a/dev-python/dateutil/dateutil-2.8.1.recipe b/dev-python/dateutil/dateutil-2.8.1.recipe
index 9a59f6204..a469055f1 100644
--- a/dev-python/dateutil/dateutil-2.8.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-python/dateutil/dateutil-2.8.1.recipe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ datetime module, available in Python 2.3+."
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/"
 COPYRIGHT="2003-2010 Gustavo Niemeyer"
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/archive/$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="6e74f970d6c0d31c1287642d0b556a53a21986c7844368a2e742c6db25837618"
 
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ REPLACES_python="
 	python_dateutil
 	"
 
+SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$portVersion
+export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION
+
 INSTALL()
 {
 	for i in "${!PYTHON_PACKAGES[@]}"; do