diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4aafadd8..6dc01e49 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ rem2pdf/Makefile.PL
 rem2pdf/Makefile.old
 rem2pdf/Makefile.top
 rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf
+scripts/tkremind
 set-irc-topic
 src/*.tar.gz*
 src/Makefile
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0565b820..bd3bc2fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ install:
 	@$(MAKE) -C rem2pdf -f Makefile.top install INSTALL_BASE=$(INSTALL_BASE)
 clean:
 	find . -name '*~' -exec rm {} \;
-	-rm man/rem.1 man/rem2ps.1 man/remind.1 man/tkremind.1
+	-rm man/rem.1 man/rem2ps.1 man/remind.1 man/tkremind.1 scripts/tkremind
 	-$(MAKE) -C src clean
 	-$(MAKE) -C rem2pdf clean
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 25a9b005..5d6650c7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4202,7 +4202,7 @@ VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION
 
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2html/rem2html rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf man/rem.1 man/rem2ps.1 man/remind.1 man/tkremind.1"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2html/rem2html rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf man/rem.1 man/rem2ps.1 man/remind.1 man/tkremind.1 scripts/tkremind"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -4903,6 +4903,7 @@ do
     "man/rem2ps.1") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES man/rem2ps.1" ;;
     "man/remind.1") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES man/remind.1" ;;
     "man/tkremind.1") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES man/tkremind.1" ;;
+    "scripts/tkremind") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES scripts/tkremind" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 932e886c..2eca8d07 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(PERL)
 AC_SUBST(PERLARTIFACTS)
 AC_SUBST(RELEASE_DATE)
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2html/rem2html rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf man/rem.1 man/rem2ps.1 man/remind.1 man/tkremind.1])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2html/rem2html rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf man/rem.1 man/rem2ps.1 man/remind.1 man/tkremind.1 scripts/tkremind])
 AC_OUTPUT
 chmod a+x rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf
diff --git a/scripts/tkremind b/scripts/tkremind.in
similarity index 99%
rename from scripts/tkremind
rename to scripts/tkremind.in
index f6d5a219..e1597b91 100755
--- a/scripts/tkremind
+++ b/scripts/tkremind.in
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ proc EditOptions {} {
     pack $w.f -side top -expand 1 -fill both
     pack $w.b -side top -expand 0 -fill x
 
-    label $w.ver -text "TkRemind version $ver on Tcl/Tk version [info tclversion]"
+    label $w.ver -text "TkRemind version @VERSION@ on Tcl/Tk version [info tclversion]"
     pack $w.ver -in $w.f -side top -expand 0 -fill x
     # Start iconified
     checkbutton $w.startIconified -text "Start up Iconified" \