diff --git a/srcpkgs/wmname/template b/srcpkgs/wmname/template
index ee87d2fc89b..4843cb1f7d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wmname/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wmname/template
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ checksum=559ad188b2913167dcbb37ecfbb7ed474a7ec4bbcb0129d8d5d08cb9208d02c5
 
 do_build() {
 	sed -e '/strip/d' -i Makefile
-	make CC=$CC INCS=-I. LDFLAGS="-lX11 $LDFLAGS"
+	make CC=$CC INCS=-I. LDFLAGS="-lX11 $LDFLAGS" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DVERSION=\\\"$version\\\""
 }