diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b09f65579..63d6b9380 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ all_deps = [thread_dep, libicu_dep, libzim_dep, pugixml_dep, libcurl_dep, microh
 inc = include_directories('include', extra_include)
 
 conf = configuration_data()
-conf.set('VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(meson.project_version()))
+conf.set('LIBKIWIX_VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(meson.project_version()))
 
 if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
      extra_link_args = ['-lshlwapi', '-lwinmm']
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index fa3d131c7..e4c7a55b7 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
-#mesondefine VERSION
+#mesondefine LIBKIWIX_VERSION