diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2006f9c4..baeb8fb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /config.status
 /config.sub
 /configure
+/configure.in
 /depcomp
 /elc-stamp
 /elisp-comp
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.tmpl
similarity index 99%
rename from configure.in
rename to configure.tmpl
index 98ca5321..d88cfe03 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 
-AC_INIT([ledger],[v3.0-merge-back],[johnw@newartisans.com])
+AC_INIT([ledger],[%VERSION%],[johnw@newartisans.com])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(ledger)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])