diff --git a/libswscale/swscale.h b/libswscale/swscale.h
index c36d3d008f..afd3ff3754 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale.h
+++ b/libswscale/swscale.h
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@
 
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
-#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_TRIPLET 0,5,0
+#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
+#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR 5
+#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MICRO 0
 
-#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_TRIPLET)
-#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION      AV_VERSION(LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_TRIPLET)
+#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR, \
+                                               LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR, \
+                                               LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MICRO)
+#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION      AV_VERSION(LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR, \
+                                           LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR, \
+                                           LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MICRO)
 #define LIBSWSCALE_BUILD        LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_INT
 
 #define LIBSWSCALE_IDENT        "SwS" AV_STRINGIFY(LIBSWSCALE_VERSION)