diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 180388b99..f4b209e27 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ AC_INIT([Verilator],[4.035 devel],
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(src/config_build.h)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile docs/Makefile src/Makefile src/Makefile_obj include/verilated.mk include/verilated_config.h verilator.pc verilator-config.cmake verilator-config-version.cmake)
 
+# Version
 AC_MSG_RESULT([configuring for $PACKAGE_STRING])
+PACKAGE_VERSION_NUMBER=`AS_ECHO("$PACKAGE_VERSION") | sed 's/ .*//g'`
+AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_NUMBER)
 
 # Ignore automake flags passed by Ubuntu builds
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([dependency-tracking],
diff --git a/verilator.pc.in b/verilator.pc.in
index 6191d3577..ed8b58d3a 100644
--- a/verilator.pc.in
+++ b/verilator.pc.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ includedir=@pkgdatadir@/include
 Name: verilator
 Description: fast free Verilog simulator
 URL: https://verilator.org
-Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION_NUMBER@
 Requires:
 Libs:
 Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/vltstd