diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f997117..4e762e4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([cpuset_setaffinity sched_setaffinity],
 # it needs and what arguments it expects.
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sendfile])
 
-AC_OUTPUT([Makefile src/Makefile examples/Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile src/Makefile src/version.h examples/Makefile])
diff --git a/src/locale.c b/src/locale.c
index 164400d..3f3ff56 100644
--- a/src/locale.c
+++ b/src/locale.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ const char usage_longstr[] = "Usage: iperf [-s|-c host] [options]\n"
   "-y, --reportstyle C      report as a Comma-Separated Values\n"
 #endif
 
-const char version[] = PACKAGE_STRING " (" IPERF_VERSION_DATE ")";
+const char version[] = PACKAGE_STRING;
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------
  * settings
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h.in
similarity index 81%
rename from src/version.h
rename to src/version.h.in
index a8c422e..5491a27 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
  * for complete information.
  */
 
-#define IPERF_VERSION "3.0.1"
-#define IPERF_VERSION_DATE "10 January 2014"
+#define IPERF_VERSION "@PACKAGE_VERSION@"