diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index aec27690..31a6ce67 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ AC_C_CONST
 dnl Checks for library functions.
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT(Makefile version.c:version.cin)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bc11228..00000000
--- a/src/version.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-char *version_string = "GNU Bison version 1.25\n";
diff --git a/version.cin b/version.cin
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..928a8c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.cin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+char *version_string = "GNU Bison version @VERSION@\n";