diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d0c215e..fcfc1095 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ Worth pointing out is, that git-commit-id tries to be 1-to-1 compatible with git
 
 * **abbrev** - `(default: 7)` in the describe output, the object id of the hash is always abbreviated to N letters, by default 7. The typical describe output you'll see therefore is: `v2.1.0-1-gf5cd254`, where `-1-` means the number of commits away from the mentioned tag and the `-gf5cd254` part means the first 7 chars of the current commit's id `f5cd254`. **Please note that the `g` prefix is included to notify you that it's a commit id, it is NOT part of the commit's object id** - *this is default git bevaviour, so we're doing the same*. You can set this to any value between 0 and 40 (inclusive). 
 * **abbrev = 0** is a special case. Setting *abbrev* to `0` has the effect of hiding the "distance from tag" and "object id" parts of the output, so you endup with just the "nearest tag" (that is, instead `tag-12-gaaaaaaa` with `abbrev = 0` you'd get `tag`).
-* **dirty** - `(default: "")` when you run describe on a repository that's in "dirty state" (has uncommited changes), the describe output will contain an additional suffix, such as "-devel" in this example: `v3.5-3-g2222222-devel`. You can configure that suffix to be anything you want, "-DEV" being a nice example. The "-" sign should be inclided in the configuration parameter, as it will not be added automatically. If in doubt run `git describe --dirty=-my_thing` to see how the end result will look like.
+* **dirty** - `(default: "-dirty")` when you run describe on a repository that's in "dirty state" (has uncommited changes), the describe output will contain an additional suffix, such as "-devel" in this example: `v3.5-3-g2222222-devel`. You can configure that suffix to be anything you want, "-DEV" being a nice example. The "-" sign should be inclided in the configuration parameter, as it will not be added automatically. If in doubt run `git describe --dirty=-my_thing` to see how the end result will look like.
 * **tags** - `(default: false)` if true this option enables matching a lightweight (non-annotated) tag.
 * **match** - `(default: *)` only consider tags matching the given pattern (can be used to avoid leaking private tags made from the repository)
 * **long** - `(default: false)` git-describe, by default, returns just the tag name, if the current commit is tagged. Use this option to force it to format the output using the typical describe format. An example would be: `tagname-0-gc0ffebabe` - notice that the distance from the tag is 0 here, if you don't use **forceLongFormat** mode, the describe for such commit would look like this: `tagname`.
diff --git a/src/main/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitDescribeConfig.java b/src/main/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitDescribeConfig.java
index 3e9597d1..c12d3fb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitDescribeConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitDescribeConfig.java
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ public class GitDescribeConfig {
    * Describe the working tree. It means describe HEAD and appends mark (<pre>-dirty</pre> by default) if the
    * working tree is dirty.
    *
-   * <b>empty</b> by default, following git's behaviour.
+   * <b>-dirty</b> by default, following git's behaviour.
    *
-   * @parameter default-value=""
+   * @parameter default-value="-dirty"
    */
-  private String dirty = "";
+  private String dirty = "-dirty";
 
   /**
    *<pre>--match glob-pattern</pre>
diff --git a/src/test/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitCommitIdMojoIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitCommitIdMojoIntegrationTest.java
index 3c2dbfd9..590bc42b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitCommitIdMojoIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitCommitIdMojoIntegrationTest.java
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ public void runGitDescribeWithMatchOption(boolean useNativeGit) throws Exception
     setProjectToExecuteMojoIn(targetProject);
 
     Map<String,String> gitTagMap = new HashMap<String,String>();
-    gitTagMap.put("v2.1.8", "4f787aa37d5d9c06780278f0cf92553d304820a2");
-    gitTagMap.put("v2.1.9", "a9dba4a25b64ab288d90cd503785b830d2e189a2");
+    gitTagMap.put("v2.1.11", "4308260db9582682a686b473390a5261ccacd6ef");
+    gitTagMap.put("v2.1.12", "42a0a939e6d5cd17389640170c969d519c14b302");
 
     for (Map.Entry<String,String> entry : gitTagMap.entrySet()) {
       String gitDescribeMatchNeedle = entry.getKey();
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ private GitDescribeConfig createGitDescribeConfig(boolean forceLongFormat, int a
     gitDescribeConfig.setTags(true);
     gitDescribeConfig.setForceLongFormat(forceLongFormat);
     gitDescribeConfig.setAbbrev(abbrev);
+    gitDescribeConfig.setDirty("");
     return gitDescribeConfig;
   }