diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index a48c1312c9..6ba93c1d49 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ $AUTORECONF xbmc/lib/libid3tag/libid3tag
             --exec-prefix=/usr \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --datadir=/usr/share \
+            SVN_REV=$PKG_VERSION \
             --disable-debug \
             --disable-optimizations \
             --enable-gl \