diff --git a/networking/udhcp/dhcpd.h b/networking/udhcp/dhcpd.h
index 2971e19db..5debc8388 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/dhcpd.h
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dhcpd.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "libbb_udhcp.h"
 #include "leases.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 /************************************/
 /* Defaults _you_ may want to tweak */
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/libbb_udhcp.h b/networking/udhcp/libbb_udhcp.h
index d3f72c65b..35611b00f 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/libbb_udhcp.h
+++ b/networking/udhcp/libbb_udhcp.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define COMBINED_BINARY
-#define VERSION "0.9.8-pre"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #else /* ! BB_VER */
 
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/version.h b/networking/udhcp/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07b1db163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networking/udhcp/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _UDHCP_VERSION_H
+#define _UDHCP_VERSION_H
+
+#define VERSION "0.9.8"
+
+#endif