diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.pl b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.pl
index b602f532048..21d8c7ae7de 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.pl
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.pl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $incantation .= "-DbuildId=${buildId} ";
 $incantation .= "-DmapVersionTag=${tag} ";
 if ($buildType =~ "N") {
 	$incantation .= "-DforceContextQualifier=${buildId} ";
-
+	$incantation .= "-DfetchTag=HEAD ";
 }
 
 print("${incantation}\n");
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.rb b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.rb
index dd193743230..dc418a94ebd 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.rb
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ command += "-DbuildId=#{buildId} "
 command += "-DmapVersionTag=#{tag} "
 if ("#{buildType}" == "N") then
 	command += "-DforceContextQualifier=#{buildId} "
+	command += "-DfetchTag=HEAD "
 end
 
 puts(command)
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/nightly.sh b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/nightly.sh
index 8224d4e802e..d288773c0af 100755
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/nightly.sh
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/nightly.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ command="$command -DbuildId=${buildId} "
 command="$command -DmapVersionTag=${tag} "
 command="$command -DdoPublish=true "
 command="$command -DforceContextQualifier=${buildId} "
+command="$command -DfetchTag=HEAD "
 #command="$command postBuild "
 
 echo "$command"