diff --git a/x11/xcurses-config.in b/x11/xcurses-config.in
index 2f116490..6f32b3c4 100644
--- a/x11/xcurses-config.in
+++ b/x11/xcurses-config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # other packages, such as neon, libxml and gnome.
 #
 
-verdot=3.7
+verdot=@PACKAGE_VERSION@
 
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@