diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 916464c..a1307fd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.13)
 AC_INIT(common/crc.h)
 
 dnl Version of this release
-AC_DEFINE(QF_VERSION,"0.1-pre")
-AC_DEFINE(VERSION,"2.40")
+QF_VERSION=0.1-pre
+VERSION=2.40
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(QF_VERSION,"$QF_VERSION")
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"$VERSION")
 
 dnl Set to yes for releases
 RELEASE=no
@@ -709,6 +711,8 @@ AC_SUBST(QW_SRV_SYS_SRC)
 AC_SUBST(X11_VID_SRC)
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_WSOCK)
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_UDP)
+AC_SUBST(VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(QF_VERSION)
 
 dnl Output files
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(common/config.h)
diff --git a/quakeforge.spec.in b/quakeforge.spec.in
index 1379675..ad7eb32 100644
--- a/quakeforge.spec.in
+++ b/quakeforge.spec.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: The QuakeForge Project
 Name: quakeforge
-%define version 0.1.0
+%define version @QF_VERSION@
 Version: %{version}
 Release: 1
 Group: Amusements/Games