diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index dd7285d36a8..7be1252b9c2 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* used by packaging tools */
 		/* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR	a
 		/* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE	beta