diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a956403..ecea19d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Makefile
 blib/
 pm_to_blib
 rem2pdf/Makefile.top
+rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6bd7246a..a416791e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4005,7 +4005,7 @@ done
 VERSION=03.03.12
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -4704,6 +4704,7 @@ do
     "rem2html/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES rem2html/Makefile" ;;
     "rem2pdf/Makefile.PL") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES rem2pdf/Makefile.PL" ;;
     "rem2pdf/Makefile.top") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES rem2pdf/Makefile.top" ;;
+    "rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0a318068..4671fede 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(setenv unsetenv glob mbstowcs setlocale initgroups)
 VERSION=03.03.12
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(PERL)
-AC_OUTPUT(src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top)
+AC_OUTPUT(src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h rem2html/Makefile rem2pdf/Makefile.PL rem2pdf/Makefile.top rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf)
diff --git a/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf b/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in
similarity index 98%
rename from rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf
rename to rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in
index 126358b0..62e61624 100755
--- a/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf
+++ b/rem2pdf/bin/rem2pdf.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/env perl
+#!@PERL@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use Cairo;
 use Pango;
 use Getopt::Long;
 
+my $VERSION = '@VERSION@';
+
 use Remind::PDF;
 
 my $media_to_size = {
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ $me =~ s/^.*\///;
 sub usage
 {
         print <<"EOF";
-$me: Convert Remind -pp output to a PDF calendar.
+$me (version $VERSION): Convert Remind -pp output to a PDF calendar.
 
 Usage: remind -pp [options] filename | $me [options] > out.pdf