diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6de26879cc60b90af47266dd875b370113815e91..d50c92b954b1da8cd85af915e40466b74b74d200 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -526,16 +526,7 @@ set(OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH "" CACHE PATH "Where to look for additional OpenCV
 find_host_package(Git QUIET)
 
 if(NOT DEFINED OPENCV_VCSVERSION AND GIT_FOUND)
-  execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --always --dirty --match "[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]*"
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE OPENCV_VCSVERSION
-    RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT
-    ERROR_QUIET
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-  )
-  if(NOT GIT_RESULT EQUAL 0)
-    set(OPENCV_VCSVERSION "unknown")
-  endif()
+  ocv_git_describe(OPENCV_VCSVERSION "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}")
 elseif(NOT DEFINED OPENCV_VCSVERSION)
   # We don't have git:
   set(OPENCV_VCSVERSION "unknown")
@@ -931,19 +922,7 @@ if(OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH AND NOT BUILD_INFO_SKIP_EXTRA_MODULES)
       else()
         status("")
       endif()
-      set(EXTRA_MODULES_VCSVERSION "unknown")
-      if(GIT_FOUND)
-        execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --always --dirty --match "[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]*"
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${p}"
-          OUTPUT_VARIABLE EXTRA_MODULES_VCSVERSION
-          RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT
-          ERROR_QUIET
-          OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-        )
-        if(NOT GIT_RESULT EQUAL 0)
-          set(EXTRA_MODULES_VCSVERSION "unknown")
-        endif()
-      endif()
+      ocv_git_describe(EXTRA_MODULES_VCSVERSION "${p}")
       status("    Location (extra):" ${p})
       status("    Version control (extra):" ${EXTRA_MODULES_VCSVERSION})
     endif()
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
index be79111423d961d995c90c9032a9ace906c8d7bc..65029ddbff2400f3ae43ea177e5e5853124910f1 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
@@ -1620,3 +1620,40 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.1)
 else()
   set(compatible_MESSAGE_NEVER "")
 endif()
+
+
+macro(ocv_git_describe var_name path)
+  if(GIT_FOUND)
+    execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --tags --exact-match --dirty
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${path}"
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${var_name}
+      RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT
+      ERROR_QUIET
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
+    if(NOT GIT_RESULT EQUAL 0)
+      execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --always --dirty --match "[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]*" --exclude "[^-]*-cvsdk"
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${path}"
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${var_name}
+        RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT
+        ERROR_QUIET
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+      )
+      if(NOT GIT_RESULT EQUAL 0)  # --exclude is not supported by 'git'
+        # match only tags with complete OpenCV versions (ignores -alpha/-beta/-rc suffixes)
+        execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --always --dirty --match "[0-9].[0-9]*[0-9]"
+          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${path}"
+          OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${var_name}
+          RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_RESULT
+          ERROR_QUIET
+          OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+        if(NOT GIT_RESULT EQUAL 0)
+          set(${var_name} "unknown")
+        endif()
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  else()
+    set(${var_name} "unknown")
+  endif()
+endmacro()