diff --git a/make_tag.sh b/make_tag.sh
index b91e9fb67..14aadcccd 100755
--- a/make_tag.sh
+++ b/make_tag.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-read -p "Please generate CHANGELOG and commit it BEFORE you tag. Press a key when ready..."
-orig=$1
-VER="${orig/v/}"
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Inferring version name from config.xml"
+    APPVER=`cat config.xml | grep "widget " | sed 's/.* version=\"\([^\"]*\)\" xmlns.*/\1/'`
+else
+    APPVER=$1
+fi
+VER="${APPVER/v/}"
 echo "Creating tag:v$VER"
+
+read -p "Please generate CHANGELOG and commit it BEFORE you tag. Press a key when ready..."
 read -p "Press any key to create the tag or Ctrl-C to break..." -n1 
 git tag -fa v$VER -m"v$VER"
 git push -f --tags