diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15caef8dd..3f17f0b2e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 CLONE_URL=github.com/pilosa/pilosa
 VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags 2> /dev/null || echo unknown)
-VERSION_ID := $(if $(ENTERPRISE_ENABLED),enterprise-)$(VERSION)-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH)
+VERSION_ID = $(if $(ENTERPRISE_ENABLED),enterprise-)$(VERSION)-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH)
 BRANCH := $(if $(TRAVIS_BRANCH),$(TRAVIS_BRANCH),$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD))
 BRANCH_ID := $(BRANCH)-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH)
 BUILD_TIME := $(shell date -u +%FT%T%z)