diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ac472f..37412c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ clean: ## Cleanup
 .PHONY: lib src test doc
 
 lib: ## Build libs
-	+$(MAKE) -C lib
+	+$(MAKE) TAG="$(BEES_VERSION)" -C lib
 
 src: ## Build bins
 src: lib
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index f876fc2..3c3ccea 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TAG := $(shell git describe --always --dirty || echo UNKNOWN)
+TAG ?= $(shell git describe --always --dirty || echo UNKNOWN)
 
 default: libcrucible.so
 %.so: Makefile