diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cbb2536c57..a0202488b9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ distclean:
 dep:	depend
 
 depend:
-	./version.sh
+	./version.sh `$(CC) --version`
 	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) mplayer.c mencoder.c $(SRCS_MPLAYER) $(SRCS_MENCODER) 1>.depend
 	@for a in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$a dep; done
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ config.h: configure
 
 # rebuild at every config.h/config.mak change:
 version.h: config.h config.mak Makefile
-	./version.sh
+	./version.sh `$(CC) --version`
 ifeq ($(wildcard .developer),)
 	$(MAKE) distclean
 endif
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index c33b714159..b43ccfe7a5 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	# probably no gnu date installed(?), use current date
 	last_cvs_update=`date +%y%m%d-%H:%M`
 fi
-cc=`cat config.mak |grep CC | cut -d '=' -f 2`
-cc_version=`${cc} --version`
 
-echo "#define VERSION \"CVS-${last_cvs_update}${cc}-${cc_version} \"" >version.h
+echo "#define VERSION \"CVS-${last_cvs_update}-$1 \"" >version.h