diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 029e7309c..40101e438 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-08-10  Tim Waugh  <twaugh@redhat.com>
+	* configure.in: Use 0.CVS[date] for RELEASE.  '-' is not allowed in
+	RPM release strings, and prefixing with '0.' allows the final version
+	to be version-compared as newer.
+
 2003-08-09  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/GenericFilter.py: Support for categories and descriptions
 	for filters
diff --git a/gramps2/configure.in b/gramps2/configure.in
index c3ca51881..687c4470a 100644
--- a/gramps2/configure.in
+++ b/gramps2/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl May need to run automake && aclocal first
 AC_INIT(src/gramps.py)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gramps, 0.9.3)
-RELEASE=CVS-$(date +%G%m%d)
+RELEASE=0.CVS$(date +%G%m%d)
 
 VERSIONSTRING=$VERSION
 if test x"$RELEASE" != "x"