diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index fb6252eae558663b686a0cf2cfc79128135d5956..c8ec7be33989e26aaeb23c685555af08464c9760 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