diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee6b3a75..3831d3e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ tests/test.out
 .gitignore
 *~
 src/rem2ps
+src/version.h
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f5d459e4..a8f871aa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ SET_MAKE
 CPP
 GREP
 EGREP
+VERSION
 LIBOBJS
 LTLIBOBJS'
 ac_subst_files=''
@@ -5281,7 +5282,9 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 done
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files src/Makefile www/Makefile"
+VERSION=03.01.04
+
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -5839,6 +5842,7 @@ do
     "src/config.h") CONFIG_HEADERS="$CONFIG_HEADERS src/config.h" ;;
     "src/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/Makefile" ;;
     "www/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES www/Makefile" ;;
+    "src/version.h") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/version.h" ;;
 
   *) { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: invalid argument: $ac_config_target" >&5
 echo "$as_me: error: invalid argument: $ac_config_target" >&2;}
@@ -5952,11 +5956,12 @@ SET_MAKE!$SET_MAKE$ac_delim
 CPP!$CPP$ac_delim
 GREP!$GREP$ac_delim
 EGREP!$EGREP$ac_delim
+VERSION!$VERSION$ac_delim
 LIBOBJS!$LIBOBJS$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 54; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 55; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cbef7cbe..172dc5d2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ if test "$GCC" = yes; then
 fi
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(setenv unsetenv)
-AC_OUTPUT(src/Makefile www/Makefile)
+VERSION=03.01.04
+AC_SUBST(VERSION)
+AC_OUTPUT(src/Makefile www/Makefile src/version.h)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 4f55ef7e..5d07c357 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Makefile.in for REMIND
 #
 
-VERSION=03.01.03
 SHELL= /bin/sh
 BETA = 1
 srcdir=@srcdir@
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ bindir=@bindir@
 datadir=@datadir@
 datarootdir=@datarootdir@
 VPATH=$(srcdir)
+VERSION=@VERSION@
 
 INSTALL=@INSTALL@
 INSTALL_PROGRAM=@INSTALL_PROGRAM@
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ beta-tgz:
 
 #---------------- Stuff after this added by "make depend" -----------------
 
+
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index 43bf74cd..5276fe3f 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* src/config.h.in.  Generated automatically from configure.in by autoheader.  */
-
 /* Define if utime(file, NULL) sets file's timestamp to the present.  */
 #undef HAVE_UTIME_NULL
 
diff --git a/src/funcs.c b/src/funcs.c
index 309081db..c74435b8 100644
--- a/src/funcs.c
+++ b/src/funcs.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 /*                                                             */
 /***************************************************************/
 
+#include "version.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@
 #include "protos.h"
 #include "err.h"
 #include "expr.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 /* Function prototypes */
 static int FCurrent (void);
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index be935980..899c3a9f 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 /*                                                             */
 /***************************************************************/
 
+#include "version.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
 #define L_IN_INIT 1
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "protos.h"
 #include "expr.h"
 #include "err.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "globals.h"
 
 /***************************************************************
diff --git a/src/rem2ps.c b/src/rem2ps.c
index 562ed101..148f58bd 100644
--- a/src/rem2ps.c
+++ b/src/rem2ps.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 /*                                                             */
 /***************************************************************/
 
+#include "version.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "dynbuf.h"
 
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "rem2ps.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 #define NEW(type) ((type *) malloc(sizeof(type)))
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f3a9dcd..00000000
--- a/src/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************/
-/*                                                             */
-/*  VERSION.H                                                  */
-/*                                                             */
-/*  What version of remind do we have?                         */
-/*                                                             */
-/*  This file is part of REMIND.                               */
-/*  Copyright (C) 1992-1998 by David F. Skoll                  */
-/*  Copyright (C) 1999-2007 by Roaring Penguin Software Inc.   */
-/*                                                             */
-/***************************************************************/
-
-#define VERSION "03.01.04"
diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a44b1226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#define VERSION "@VERSION@"