diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6087961245d6b..7962c6a5633c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-next_version :=  $(shell cat build_version.txt)
-tag := $(shell git describe --exact-match --tags 2>git_describe_error.tmp; rm -f git_describe_error.tmp)
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	next_version := $(shell type build_version.txt)
+	tag := $(shell git describe --exact-match --tags 2> nul)
+else
+	next_version := $(shell cat build_version.txt)
+	tag := $(shell git describe --exact-match --tags 2>/dev/null)
+endif
+
 branch := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 commit := $(shell git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
 glibc_version := 2.17