diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fd0dc70024..70f72e1ab5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
 AS_VERSION(gstreamer, GST_VERSION, 0, 7, 0, 1, GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
 
+if test x$program_suffix = xNONE ; then
+  program_suffix=-$GST_VERSION_MAJOR.$GST_VERSION_MINOR
+fi
+
 dnl AM_MAINTAINER_MODE only provides the option to configure to enable it
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,$VERSION)