diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b21431..14c5cae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -526,23 +526,36 @@
 
 CLI_OBJS = cli_classic.o cli_output.o cli_common.o print.o
 
-# Set the flashrom version string from the highest revision number of the checked out flashrom files.
-# Note to packagers: Any tree exported with "make export" or "make tarball"
-# will not require subversion. The downloadable snapshots are already exported.
-SVNVERSION := $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh -u 2>/dev/null )
+# Makefile.version is used when packaging flashrom and is generated by the
+# export rule. If Makefile.version is not found, version info will be obtained
+# using util/getrevision.sh or "unknown" if SCM metadata directory isn't found.
+ifeq ($(wildcard Makefile.version),)
+ifeq ($(wildcard .git),)
+VERSION ?= unknown
+MAN_DATE ?= unknown
+else
+VERSION ?= $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh --local)
+MAN_DATE ?= $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh -d $(PROGRAM).8.tmpl 2>/dev/null)
+# This is also a convenient time to install hooks.
+$(shell ./util/git-hooks/install.sh)
+endif
+else
+include Makefile.version
+endif
 
-RELEASE := 0.9.9
-VERSION := $(RELEASE)-$(SVNVERSION)
-RELEASENAME ?= $(VERSION)
+# VERSION equals "offline" if online access is required but the respective git
+# config variable is not set yet.
+ifeq ($(VERSION),offline)
+  $(error Aborting)
+endif
 
-SVNDEF := -D'FLASHROM_VERSION="$(VERSION)"'
+SCMDEF := -D'FLASHROM_VERSION="$(VERSION)"'
 
-# Inform user if there is no meaningful version string. If there is version information from a VCS print
-# something anyway because $(info...) will print a line break in any case which would look suspicious.
-# The && between the echos is a workaround for old versions of GNU make that issue the error "unterminated
-# variable reference" if a semicolon is used instead.
-$(info $(shell ./util/getrevision.sh -c 2>/dev/null || echo "Files don't seem to be under version control." && \
-	echo "Replacing all version templates with $(VERSION)." ))
+# No spaces in release names unless set explicitly
+RELEASENAME ?= $(shell echo "$(VERSION)" | sed -e 's/ /_/')
+
+# Inform user of the version string
+$(info Replacing all version templates with $(VERSION).)
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Default settings of CONFIG_* variables.
@@ -1027,7 +1040,7 @@
 TAROPTIONS = $(shell LC_ALL=C tar --version|grep -q GNU && echo "--owner=root --group=root")
 
 %.o: %.c .features
-	$(CC) -MMD $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(FLASHROM_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CFLAGS) $(SVNDEF) -o $@ -c $<
+	$(CC) -MMD $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(FLASHROM_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CFLAGS) $(SCMDEF) -o $@ -c $<
 
 # Make sure to add all names of generated binaries here.
 # This includes all frontends and libflashrom.
@@ -1371,7 +1384,7 @@
 
 $(PROGRAM).8: $(PROGRAM).8.tmpl
 	@# Add the man page change date and version to the man page
-	@sed -e 's#.TH FLASHROM 8 ".*".*#.TH FLASHROM 8 "$(shell ./util/getrevision.sh -d $(PROGRAM).8.tmpl 2>/dev/null)" "$(VERSION)"#' <$< >$@
+	@sed -e 's#.TH FLASHROM 8 ".*".*#.TH FLASHROM 8 "$(MAN_DATE)" "$(VERSION)"#' <$< >$@
 
 install: $(PROGRAM)$(EXEC_SUFFIX) $(PROGRAM).8
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin
@@ -1385,25 +1398,42 @@
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 libflashrom.h $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include
 
-export: $(PROGRAM).8
-	@rm -rf $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)
-	@svn export -r BASE . $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)
-	@sed "s/^SVNVERSION.*/SVNVERSION := $(SVNVERSION)/" Makefile >$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/Makefile
-	@cp $(PROGRAM).8 "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/$(PROGRAM).8"
-	@svn log >$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/ChangeLog
-	@echo Exported $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/
+_export: $(PROGRAM).8
+	@rm -rf "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)"
+	@mkdir -p "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)"
+	@git archive HEAD | tar -x -C "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)"
+#	Generate Makefile.version since SCM metadata won't be available in
+#	exported sources.
+	@echo "VERSION = $(VERSION)" > "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/Makefile.version"
+	@echo "MAN_DATE = $(MAN_DATE)" >> "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/Makefile.version"
+#	Restore modification date of all tracked files not marked
+#	'export-ignore' in .gitattributes. sed is required to filter out file
+#	names having the attribute set.
+	@git ls-tree -r -z -t --full-name --name-only HEAD | \
+		git check-attr -z --stdin export-ignore | \
+		sed -zne 'x;n;n;/^set$$/{b};x;p' | \
+		xargs -0 sh -c 'for f; do \
+			touch -d $$(git log --pretty=format:%cI -1 HEAD -- "$$f") \
+				"$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/$$f"; \
+		done'
 
-tarball: export
-	@tar cjf $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME).tar.bz2 -C $(EXPORTDIR)/ $(TAROPTIONS) flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/
-	@rm -rf $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)
-	@echo Created $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME).tar.bz2
+export: _export
+	@echo "Exported $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/"
+
+tarball: _export
+	@tar -cz --format=ustar -f "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME).tar.gz" \
+		-C "$(EXPORTDIR)/$(TAROPTIONS)" "flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/"
+#	Delete the exported directory again because it is most likely what's expected by the user.
+	@rm -rf "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)"
+	@echo Created "$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME).tar.gz"
 
 djgpp-dos: clean
 	make CC=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-gcc STRIP=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-strip
+
 libpayload: clean
 	make CC="CC=i386-elf-gcc lpgcc" AR=i386-elf-ar RANLIB=i386-elf-ranlib
 
-.PHONY: all install clean distclean compiler hwlibs features export tarball djgpp-dos featuresavailable libpayload
+.PHONY: all install clean distclean compiler hwlibs features _export export tarball featuresavailable libpayload
 
 # Disable implicit suffixes and built-in rules (for performance and profit)
 .SUFFIXES: