diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 853541d591..0ea24c20b3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ aix="no"
 blobs="yes"
 fdt="yes"
 sdl_x11="no"
+pkgversion=""
 
 # OS specific
 if check_define __linux__ ; then
@@ -470,6 +471,8 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --kerneldir=*) kerneldir="$optarg"
   ;;
+  --with-pkgversion=*) pkgversion=" ($optarg)"
+  ;;
   *) echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"; show_help="yes"
   ;;
   esac
@@ -1479,6 +1482,8 @@ qemu_version=`head $source_path/VERSION`
 echo "VERSION=$qemu_version" >>$config_mak
 echo "#define QEMU_VERSION \"$qemu_version\"" >> $config_h
 
+echo "#define QEMU_PKGVERSION \"$pkgversion\"" >> $config_h
+
 echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path" >> $config_mak
 if [ "$source_path_used" = "yes" ]; then
   echo "VPATH=$source_path" >> $config_mak
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 3b9dfc7673..dd0058c0bf 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ void cpu_loop (CPUState *env)
 
 static void usage(void)
 {
-    printf("qemu-" TARGET_ARCH " version " QEMU_VERSION ", Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n"
+    printf("qemu-" TARGET_ARCH " version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION ", Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n"
            "usage: qemu-" TARGET_ARCH " [options] program [arguments...]\n"
            "Linux CPU emulator (compiled for %s emulation)\n"
            "\n"
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index ca1c11c478..e764b5df4e 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void do_info(Monitor *mon, const char *item)
 
 static void do_info_version(Monitor *mon)
 {
-    monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", QEMU_VERSION);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION);
 }
 
 static void do_info_name(Monitor *mon)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index e444f9c2c6..ddbcc6c2a6 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ static int main_loop(void)
 
 static void version(void)
 {
-    printf("QEMU PC emulator version " QEMU_VERSION ", Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n");
+    printf("QEMU PC emulator version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION ", Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n");
 }
 
 static void help(int exitcode)