diff --git a/fix-version-output.patch b/fix-version-output.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff2a4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-version-output.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 1db8e2a9c58b9b1630cd7af47d6f11a8b6cb756a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jonathan Wright <jonathan@almalinux.org>
+Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:06:37 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] return version even if not using git sources
+
+Downloading the source tarball from GitHub lacks .git structure and the version will be blank.  This fixes it by using the directory name which contains the version.
+---
+ scripts/version | 17 +++++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/scripts/version b/scripts/version
+index ba59e6b6aa..d9204cd1be 100755
+--- a/scripts/version
++++ b/scripts/version
+@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
+ set -eu
+ 
+ cd "$(dirname "$0")/../"
+-test -d .git || exit 1
+ 
+-if git describe --tags --match 'jq-*' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+-  git describe --tags --match 'jq-*' --dirty | sed 's/^jq-//'
++if test -d .git; then
++  if git describe --tags --match 'jq-*' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
++    git describe --tags --match 'jq-*' --dirty | sed 's/^jq-//'
++  else
++    branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
++    commit=$(git describe --always --dirty)
++    echo "${branch}-${commit}"
++  fi
++elif [[ "$(basename $(pwd))" =~ ^jq-jq-([0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)$ ]]; then
++  echo ${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+ else
+-  branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+-  commit=$(git describe --always --dirty)
+-  echo "${branch}-${commit}"
++  exit 1
+ fi
diff --git a/jq.spec b/jq.spec
index 6449084..80a34ee 100644
--- a/jq.spec
+++ b/jq.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 
+# https://github.com/jqlang/jq/pull/3099
+# fixes jq --version
+Patch:          fix-version-output.patch
 
 %description
 lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor