diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl b/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl
index 4541211b6..40f4db7f8 100755
--- a/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ sub compiler( $ ) {
 #                        E x e c u t i o n   S t a r t s   H e r e
 #
 
+my $objectfile = $ARGV[0];
 #
 # Get shorewall.conf and capabilities.
 #
@@ -807,4 +808,4 @@ get_configuration( $export );
 #
 # Compile/Check the configuration.
 #
-compiler $ARGV[0];
+compiler $objectfile;
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/install.sh b/Shorewall-perl/install.sh
index 573df49b2..4532b1639 100755
--- a/Shorewall-perl/install.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/install.sh
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ for f in prog.* ; do
     echo "Program skeleton file ${f#*.} installed as ${PREFIX}/usr/share/shorewall-perl/$f"
 done
 
+echo $VERSION > ${PREFIX}/usr/share/shorewall-perl/version
 #
 #  Report Success
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec b/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec
index e6521ed82..d19e6567e 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %attr(0644,root,root) /usr/share/shorewall-perl/prog.header
 %attr(0644,root,root) /usr/share/shorewall-perl/prog.functions
 %attr(0644,root,root) /usr/share/shorewall-perl/prog.footer
+%attr(0644,root,root) /usr/share/shorewall-perl/version
 %attr(0555,root,root) /usr/share/shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm
 %attr(0555,root,root) /usr/share/shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Actions.pm
 %attr(0555,root,root) /usr/share/shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm