diff --git a/git-flow-hotfix b/git-flow-hotfix
index e4ada19..ef3fac3 100644
--- a/git-flow-hotfix
+++ b/git-flow-hotfix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2010 by Benedikt Böhm
 #
 
+VERSION_PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag)
 PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.hotfix || echo hotfix/)
 
 usage() {
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
 	# merge into BASE
 	git checkout $BASE
 	git merge --no-ff $BRANCH
-	git tag v$VERSION
+	git tag $VERSION_PREFIX$VERSION
 
 	# merge into develop if we fixed a master issue
 	# TODO: merge into support branch
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@
 	echo "Summary of actions:"
 	echo "- Latest objects have been fetched from '$ORIGIN'"
 	echo "- Hotfix branch has been merged into '$BASE'"
-	echo "- The hotfix was tagged 'v$VERSION'"
+	echo "- The hotfix was tagged '$VERSION_PREFIX$VERSION'"
 	if [ "$BASE" = "$MASTER_BRANCH" ]; then
 		echo "- Hotfix branch has been back-merged into '$DEVELOP_BRANCH'"
 	fi