diff --git a/libtransmission/Makefile.am b/libtransmission/Makefile.am
index fc43e3a2a..5b2ac490c 100644
--- a/libtransmission/Makefile.am
+++ b/libtransmission/Makefile.am
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ BUILT_SOURCES = \
 version.h:
 	echo '#define PEERID_PREFIX         "'@PEERID_PREFIX@'"' > version.h
 	echo '#define USERAGENT_PREFIX      "'@USERAGENT_PREFIX@'"' >> version.h
-	echo '#define SVN_REVISION          "'`svn info | grep "Revision" | awk -F': ' '{print $$2}'`'"' >> version.h
-	echo '#define SVN_REVISION_NUM      '`svn info | grep "Revision" | awk -F': ' '{print $$2}'`'' >> version.h
+	echo '#define SVN_REVISION          "'`svnversion | sed -r 's/([0-9]+).*/\1/'`'"' >> version.h
+	echo '#define SVN_REVISION_NUM      '`svnversion | sed -r 's/([0-9]+).*/\1/'`'' >> version.h
 	echo '#define SHORT_VERSION_STRING  "'@USERAGENT_PREFIX@'"' >> version.h
-	echo '#define LONG_VERSION_STRING   "'@USERAGENT_PREFIX@' ('`svn info | grep "Revision" | awk -F': ' '{print $$2}'`')"' >> version.h
+	echo '#define LONG_VERSION_STRING   "'@USERAGENT_PREFIX@' ('`svnversion | sed -r 's/([0-9]+).*/\1/'`')"' >> version.h