diff --git a/ase/configure b/ase/configure
index cea7c0ef..758eee8e 100755
--- a/ase/configure
+++ b/ase/configure
@@ -26586,17 +26586,27 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define ASE_PKGNAME "${PACKAGE}"
+#define ASE_VERSION "${VERSION}"
 _ACEOF
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define ASE_PKGVERSION "${VERSION}"
+#define ASE_VERSION_MAJOR $(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f1)
 _ACEOF
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define ASE_PKGAUTHOR "${PACKAGE_BUGREPORT}"
+#define ASE_VERSION_MINOR $(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f2)
+_ACEOF
+
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define ASE_VERSION_PATCH $(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f3)
+_ACEOF
+
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define ASE_AUTHOR "${PACKAGE_BUGREPORT}"
 _ACEOF
 
 
diff --git a/ase/configure.ac b/ase/configure.ac
index 627aaff3..f7028171 100644
--- a/ase/configure.ac
+++ b/ase/configure.ac
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE, ${ac_cv_sizeof_long_double}, [sizeof(
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T, ${ac_cv_sizeof_wchar_t}, [sizeof(wchar_t)])
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_VERSION, "${VERSION}", [package version])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_VERSION_MAJOR, "$(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f1)", [major version number])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_VERSION_MINOR, "$(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f2)", [minor version number])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_VERSION_PATCH, "$(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f2)", [patch level])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_VERSION_MAJOR, $(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f1), [major version number])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_VERSION_MINOR, $(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f2), [minor version number])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_VERSION_PATCH, $(echo ${VERSION} | cut -d. -f3), [patch level])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASE_AUTHOR,"${PACKAGE_BUGREPORT}", [author's email address])
 
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN(
diff --git a/ase/include/ase/config.h.in b/ase/include/ase/config.h.in
index 449a8fa3..b6bc6c2d 100644
--- a/ase/include/ase/config.h.in
+++ b/ase/include/ase/config.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /* include/ase/config.h.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */
 
+/* author's email address */
+#undef ASE_AUTHOR
+
 /* char is mchar */
 #undef ASE_CHAR_IS_MCHAR
 
@@ -15,15 +18,6 @@
 /* Unknown Endian */
 #undef ASE_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN
 
-/* author's email address */
-#undef ASE_PKGAUTHOR
-
-/* package_name */
-#undef ASE_PKGNAME
-
-/* package version */
-#undef ASE_PKGVERSION
-
 /* sizeof(char) */
 #undef ASE_SIZEOF_CHAR
 
@@ -69,6 +63,18 @@
 /* sizeof(__int8) */
 #undef ASE_SIZEOF___INT8
 
+/* package version */
+#undef ASE_VERSION
+
+/* major version number */
+#undef ASE_VERSION_MAJOR
+
+/* minor version number */
+#undef ASE_VERSION_MINOR
+
+/* patch level */
+#undef ASE_VERSION_PATCH
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_DLFCN_H