diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a57a47..39b1928 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 BUILDTAGS=
 
 GIT_COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
+GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null)
 
 LDFLAGS := -X github.com/docker/containerd.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} ${LDFLAGS}