diff --git a/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc.in b/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc.in
index 81e66622..eeb56338 100644
--- a/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc.in
+++ b/libbtrfsutil/libbtrfsutil.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: libbtrfsutil
 Description: libbtrfsutil library
-Version: @BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MAJOR@.@BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_MINOR@.@BTRFS_UTIL_VERSION_PATCH@
+Version: @BTRFS_VERSION_PLAIN@
 URL: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lbtrfsutil