diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index 1be20ba..dd1f737 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP'
 
 build() {
     cd $srcdir/dmd/src
-    echo $pkgver > ../VERSION
+    echo v$pkgver > ../VERSION
     make -f posix.mak RELEASE=1 PIC=1
 
     cd $srcdir/druntime