diff --git a/contrib/MacOSX/config.h b/contrib/MacOSX/config.h
index 5ed07d9b..60b06188 100644
--- a/contrib/MacOSX/config.h
+++ b/contrib/MacOSX/config.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "ngircd"
 #ifndef VERSION
-#define VERSION "??"
+#define VERSION "??("__DATE__")"
 #endif
 #define SYSCONFDIR "/etc/ngircd"