diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c01536..2961c7e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ifeq ("$(origin TAG)", "command line")
 TIMESTAMP := _p$(shell date +%Y%m%d)
 endif
 
-VERSION := $(shell grep 'Version.*=' cli.c | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)";/\1/')
+VERSION := $(shell grep 'Version.*=' espeakup.c | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)";/\1/')
 TAG := v$(VERSION)
 TARPREFIX := espeakup-$(VERSION)
 TARFILE := $(TARPREFIX)$(TIMESTAMP).tar
diff --git a/cli.c b/cli.c
index ecb9bb6..50d61f7 100644
--- a/cli.c
+++ b/cli.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "espeakup.h"
 
 /* program version */
-const char *Version = "0.4";
+extern const char *Version;
 
 /* command line options */
 const char *shortOptions = "dhv";
diff --git a/espeakup.c b/espeakup.c
index e8da682..9f3c309 100644
--- a/espeakup.c
+++ b/espeakup.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 
 #include "espeakup.h"
 
+/* program version */
+const char *Version = "0.4";
+
 /* path to our pid file */
 const char *pidPath = "/var/run/espeakup.pid";