diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/runc/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/runc/package.mk
index fc269e02c4..801ac39231 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/runc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/runc/package.mk
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pre_make_target() {
   export CGO_ENABLED=1
   export CGO_NO_EMULATION=1
   export CGO_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
-  export LDFLAGS="-w -extldflags -static -X main.gitCommit=${PKG_VERSION} -extld $CC"
+  export LDFLAGS="-w -extldflags -static -X main.gitCommit=${PKG_VERSION} -X main.version=$(cat ./VERSION) -extld $CC"
   export GOLANG=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang/bin/go
   export GOPATH=$ROOT/$PKG_BUILD.gopath:$ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/Godeps/_workspace/
   export GOROOT=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang