diff --git a/rem2html/Makefile.in b/rem2html/Makefile.in
index e9c4d17e..88a4f9b2 100644
--- a/rem2html/Makefile.in
+++ b/rem2html/Makefile.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ install:
 	    $(PERL) -M$$m -e 1 > /dev/null 2>&1; \
 	    if test $$? != 0 ; then echo "Not installing rem2html; missing $$m"; exit 0; fi; \
 	done; \
-	pod2man rem2html > rem2html.1 && mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1 && cp rem2html.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1/rem2html.1 || true; \
+	pod2man --center "VERSION @VERSION@" --date "@RELEASE_DATE@" rem2html > rem2html.1 && mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1 && cp rem2html.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1/rem2html.1 || true; \
 	echo "Installing rem2html in $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"; \
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) && sed -e 's|^#!perl|#!$(PERL)|' < rem2html > $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/rem2html && chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/rem2html && exit 0; \
 	exit 1;
diff --git a/rem2pdf/Makefile.PL.in b/rem2pdf/Makefile.PL.in
index 4d535371..eeae2ed5 100644
--- a/rem2pdf/Makefile.PL.in
+++ b/rem2pdf/Makefile.PL.in
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+{
+        # Override pod2man options
+        package MY;
+        sub manifypods {
+                my ($self,%attribs) = @_;
+                my $result = $self->SUPER::manifypods(%attribs);
+                $result =~ s/^(POD2MAN_EXE\s*=\s*)(.+)$/$1$2 --center 'VERSION @VERSION@' --date '@RELEASE_DATE@'/m;
+                return $result;
+        }
+}
+
 WriteMakefile(
 	NAME               => 'Remind::PDF',
 	AUTHOR             => q{Dianne Skoll <dianne@skoll.ca>},