diff --git a/ares/maketgz b/ares/maketgz
index 923365cf567ff3ef9cbbf1a8f29de5e1607b28df..8e55ec946b3534b699f4bff1e07ae8826db82455 100755
--- a/ares/maketgz
+++ b/ares/maketgz
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ print "running configure\n";
 
 # now make the actual tarball
 print "running make dist\n";
-`make dist`;
+`make dist VERSION=$version`;
 
 print "removing temporary configure.ac file\n";
 `rm configure.ac.dist`;