diff --git a/.devbuildrc b/.devbuildrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe5c8cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devbuildrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+VERSION=$(awk -F= '$1 == "abuild_ver" {print $2}' abuild)
+SUFFIX=.tar.gz