diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 546a49e6094..181ac8411ea 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ done
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(main/php_config.h)
 
-VERSION="4.3.0-dev"
+MAJOR_VERSION=4
+MINOR_VERSION=3
+RELEASE_VERSION=0
+EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
+#VERSION="4.3.0-dev"
+VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$RELEASE_VERSION$EXTRA_VERSION"
 
 dnl Define where extension directories are located in the configure context
 AC_DEFUN(PHP_EXT_BUILDDIR,[ext/$1])dnl
@@ -51,6 +56,10 @@ dnl -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PHP_VERSION=$VERSION
 echo "/* automatically generated by configure */" > php_version.h.new
 echo "/* edit configure.in to change version number */" >> php_version.h.new
+echo "#define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION $MAJOR_VERSION" >> php_version.h.new
+echo "#define PHP_MINOR_VERSION $MINOR_VERSION" >> php_version.h.new
+echo "#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION $RELEASE_VERSION" >> php_version.h.new
+echo "#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION \"$EXTRA_VERSION\"" >> php_version.h.new
 echo "#define PHP_VERSION \"$PHP_VERSION\"" >> php_version.h.new
 cmp php_version.h.new php_version.h >/dev/null 2>&1
 if test $? -ne 0 ; then