diff --git a/gramps/gen/const.py.in b/gramps/gen/const.py.in
index 1739c8451..d0dd1fc5e 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/const.py.in
+++ b/gramps/gen/const.py.in
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
         ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
             unicode(__file__, sys.getfilesystemencoding())), os.pardir))
 
-#VERSION += get_svn_revision(ROOT_DIR)
+VERSION += get_svn_revision(ROOT_DIR)
 
 #
 # Glade files