diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83499c3ab..4956b647e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ WEBLANGEXTS:=\
 PREFERMACUSRLIBFLAGS=-L/usr/lib
 GHCMEMFLAGS= #+RTS -M200m -RTS
 BUILDFLAGS1:=-rtsopts $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) $(PREFERMACUSRLIBFLAGS) $(GHCMEMFLAGS) -DPATCHLEVEL=$(PATCHLEVEL) -DBLAZE_HTML_0_5 -DDEVELOPMENT
-BUILDFLAGS:=$(BUILDFLAGS1) -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"'
-AUTOBUILDFLAGS:=$(BUILDFLAGS1) -DVERSION='\"$(VERSION)\"'  # different quoting for sp
+BUILDFLAGS:=$(BUILDFLAGS1) -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)dev"'
+AUTOBUILDFLAGS:=$(BUILDFLAGS1) -DVERSION='\"$(VERSION)dev\"'  # different quoting for sp
 PROFBUILDFLAGS:=-prof -fprof-auto -osuf hs_p
 LINUXRELEASEBUILDFLAGS:=-DMAKE $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) -O2 -static -optl-static -optl-pthread
 MACRELEASEBUILDFLAGS:=-DMAKE $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) $(PREFERMACUSRLIBFLAGS) -O2 # -optl-L/usr/lib