diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 153032cc..3e5f0227 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@
 
 ([Commits](https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/compare/master...devel))
 
+## 1.1.3 (unreleased)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fixed another instance of a missing `branch` fields in version dicts generated by versioneer (compare 
+  [#634](https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/pull/634)). Caused an issue when installing from source archive
+  downloaded from Github.
+  
+([Commits](https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/compare/1.1.2...master))
+
 ## 1.1.2 (2015-03-23)
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/versioneer.py b/versioneer.py
index 6b473324..27e1741c 100644
--- a/versioneer.py
+++ b/versioneer.py
@@ -369,6 +369,17 @@ def versions_from_expanded_variables(variables, tag_prefix, verbose=False):
         tags = set([r for r in refs if re.search(r'\d', r)])
         if verbose:
             print("discarding '%%s', no digits" %% ",".join(refs-tags))
+
+    branches = [r for r in refs if not r.startswith(TAG) and r != "HEAD" and not r.startswith("refs/")]
+    if branches:
+        branch = branches[0]
+    else:
+        branch = "unknown"
+
+    if verbose:
+        print("likely tags: %s" % ",".join(sorted(tags)))
+        print("likely branches: %s" % ",".join(sorted(branches)))
+
     if verbose:
         print("likely tags: %%s" %% ",".join(sorted(tags)))
     for ref in sorted(tags):
@@ -378,12 +389,14 @@ def versions_from_expanded_variables(variables, tag_prefix, verbose=False):
             if verbose:
                 print("picking %%s" %% r)
             return { "version": r,
-                     "full": variables["full"].strip() }
+                     "full": variables["full"].strip(),
+                     "branch": branch}
     # no suitable tags, so we use the full revision id
     if verbose:
         print("no suitable tags, using full revision id")
     return { "version": variables["full"].strip(),
-             "full": variables["full"].strip() }
+             "full": variables["full"].strip(),
+             "branch": "unknown"}
 
 def versions_from_lookup(lookup, root, verbose=False):
     GITS = get_gits(root, verbose=verbose)
@@ -635,8 +648,17 @@ def versions_from_expanded_variables(variables, tag_prefix, verbose=False):
         tags = set([r for r in refs if re.search(r'\d', r)])
         if verbose:
             print("discarding '%s', no digits" % ",".join(refs-tags))
+
+    branches = [r for r in refs if not r.startswith(TAG) and r != "HEAD" and not r.startswith("refs/")]
+    if branches:
+        branch = branches[0]
+    else:
+        branch = "unknown"
+
     if verbose:
         print("likely tags: %s" % ",".join(sorted(tags)))
+        print("likely branches: %s" % ",".join(sorted(branches)))
+
     for ref in sorted(tags):
         # sorting will prefer e.g. "2.0" over "2.0rc1"
         if ref.startswith(tag_prefix):
@@ -644,13 +666,14 @@ def versions_from_expanded_variables(variables, tag_prefix, verbose=False):
             if verbose:
                 print("picking %s" % r)
             return { "version": r,
-                     "full": variables["full"].strip() }
+                     "full": variables["full"].strip(),
+                     "branch": branch }
     # no suitable tags, so we use the full revision id
     if verbose:
         print("no suitable tags, using full revision id")
     return { "version": variables["full"].strip(),
              "full": variables["full"].strip(),
-             "branch": ""}
+             "branch": "unknown"}
 
 
 def versions_from_lookup(lookup, root, verbose=False):