diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index 3304108fd6644366b656ebac95a4207f16f53529..accae4122c2fdb527820912fb8fdc1a885d79d12 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ 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   release