diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 946135663c0345b517cf4e456c34152698326f6f..7901449cb889d0e7471832c3dbd6aa1b5ff37f53 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ dnl
 dnl xfwm4 - window manager for the XFce4 desktop environment
 dnl
 
-m4_define([xfwm4_version],[4.3.0])
+BASE_VERSION=4.3.0
+
+dnl Comment the following line when releasing...
+m4_define([xfwm4_version],[$BASE_VERSION.`echo "$Rev$" | cut -d " " -f2`])
+
+dnl and unvomment this one.
+dnl m4_define([xfwm4_version],[$VERSION])
 
 dnl init autoconf
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