diff --git a/contrib/semver/version.sh b/contrib/semver/version.sh
index 1a5c2fd..c677e96 100644
--- a/contrib/semver/version.sh
+++ b/contrib/semver/version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-if [ "$1" == "--bare" ]; then
+if [[ $* == *--bare* ]]; then
     # Remove the "v" prefix
     git describe --tags --match="v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*" | cut -c 2-
 else