diff --git a/scripts/create_addon b/scripts/create_addon
index 0764efa0a4..eac3bb590d 100755
--- a/scripts/create_addon
+++ b/scripts/create_addon
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ pack_addon() {
       echo "*** ERROR: $ADDON has addon.xml shipped, you need 'xmlstarlet' ***"
       exit 255
     fi
-    ADDONVER=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/addon/@version" $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/addon.xml)
+    ADDONVER="$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/addon/@version" $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/addon.xml).$PKG_REV"
+    xmlstarlet ed --inplace -u "/addon[@version]/@version" -v "$ADDONVER" $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/addon.xml
   fi
 
   if [ -d $PKG_DIR/source ]; then