diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e2dbafa4..2abb00458 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* TODO: Added manpage issues and hpsj5s freeze problem. Removed canon.c
 	  model problem.
+	* doc/Makefile.in: Added variable @PACKAGEVERSION@ for usage in
+	  manpages.
 
 2002-11-14  Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
 
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index e84566823..0f5677258 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ top_builddir = ..
 
 PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
 VERSION = @VERSION@
+package_version = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 distdir = $(top_srcdir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 
 prefix = @prefix@
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ all: sane.ps $(MANPAGES)
 	     -e 's|@DOCDIR@|$(docdir)|g' \
 	     -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(libdir)/sane|g' \
 	     -e 's|@BINDIR@|$(bindir)|g' \
-	     -e 's|@SBINDIR@|$(sbindir)|g' $^ >$@
+	     -e 's|@SBINDIR@|$(sbindir)|g' \
+	     -e 's|@PACKAGEVERSION@|$(package_version)|g' $^ >$@
 	@echo Generating manpage $@...
 
 install: all