diff --git a/config2.h.in b/config2.h.in
index 5327988d..b6288e93 100644
--- a/config2.h.in
+++ b/config2.h.in
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
 
 
 /* Package version */
-#define VERSION "@version@"
+#define VERSION "@VERSION@"
 
 /* Define if you have XFree under OS/2 */
 #undef X2
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index daf929e8..2440c959 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dirty = run_command(srcdir + '/git-dirty.sh').stdout().strip()
 add_global_arguments('-DBUILD_ID="' + txt + dirty + '"', language : 'c')
 
 conf_data = configuration_data()
-conf_data.set('version', '0.14.GIT')
+conf_data.set('VERSION', '0.14.GIT')
 conf_data.set('PACKAGE', 'elinks')