diff --git a/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild b/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild
index 71ac109107..fee9e13f90 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/bcm2-utils/bcm2-utils-0.9.8.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ src_prepare(){
 }
 
 src_compile(){
-	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
+	emake \
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" \
+		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} '-DVERSION=\"v${PV}\"'" \
+		CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} '-DVERSION=\"v${PV}\"'" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 }