diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
index 1ca069ba1..c0232c9d6 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #define LIB_VERSION "0.5.3c"
 #define SVN_REVISION "Revision $WCREV$"
+#define SVN_REVISION_NUMBER  "$WCREV$"
 
 namespace RsUtil {