diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index 23b6e2b814df561e453599adcb729d2c0c24584c..79be01e0c9e0e774d05dd0eb12b833e32b51b649 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   release