diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c383a42..9bf570ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ homepage = "https://pedpy.readthedocs.io/"
 requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "versioningit"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.versioningit.vcs]
+method = "git"
+default-tag = "0.0.0"
+
 [tool.versioningit.format]
 distance = "{next_version}.dev{distance}"
 dirty = "{next_version}.dev{distance}"