diff --git a/src/cmd/lccom/Makefile b/src/cmd/lccom/Makefile
index c828b13..f06d048 100644
--- a/src/cmd/lccom/Makefile
+++ b/src/cmd/lccom/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ $Binits.o:	inits.c;	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -I. -o $@ $<
 $Binput.o:	input.c;	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -I. -o $@ $<
 $Blex.o:	lex.c;		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -I. -o $@ $<
 $Blist.o:	list.c;		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -I. -o $@ $<
-$Bmain.o:	main.c;		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DVERSION=\"`svnversion`\" -c -I. -o $@ $<
+$Bmain.o:	main.c;		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -c -I. -o $@ $<
 $Bnull.o:	null.c;		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -I. -o $@ $<
 $Boutput.o:	output.c;	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -I. -o $@ $<
 $Bprof.o:	prof.c;		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -I. -o $@ $<
diff --git a/target.mk b/target.mk
index 8ec5b06..a8baf0c 100644
--- a/target.mk
+++ b/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 MACHINE		= mips
 DESTDIR		?= $(TOPSRC)
+RELEASE     = 0.0
+BUILD       = $(shell git rev-list HEAD --count)
+VERSION     = $(RELEASE)-$(BUILD)
 
 # chipKIT PIC32 compiler from UECIDE
 ifdef UECIDE