diff --git a/linux/Makefile b/linux/Makefile
index fb8e7e35..421ea27d 100644
--- a/linux/Makefile
+++ b/linux/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SYS := $(shell gcc -dumpmachine)
 CFLAGS = -O3 -std=gnu99
 INCLUDE = -I../src/gpacmp4/ -I../src/libpng -I../src/lib_hash -I../src/zlib -I../src/lib_ccx -I../src/.
 INCLUDE += -I../src/zvbi
-ALL_FLAGS = -Wno-write-strings -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+ALL_FLAGS = -Wno-write-strings -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DVERSION_FILE_PRESENT
 LDFLAGS = -lm
 
 ifneq (, $(findstring linux, $(SYS)))
diff --git a/linux/build b/linux/build
index f2db00df..d12685ec 100755
--- a/linux/build
+++ b/linux/build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-BLD_FLAGS="-std=gnu99 -Wno-write-strings -DGPAC_CONFIG_LINUX -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
+BLD_FLAGS="-std=gnu99 -Wno-write-strings -DGPAC_CONFIG_LINUX -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DVERSION_FILE_PRESENT"
 BLD_INCLUDE="-I../src/lib_ccx/ -I../src/gpacmp4/ -I../src/libpng/ -I../src/zlib/ -I../src/zvbi -I../src/lib_hash"
 SRC_LIBPNG="$(find ../src/libpng/ -name '*.c')"
 SRC_ZLIB="$(find ../src/zlib/ -name '*.c')"
diff --git a/linux/builddebug b/linux/builddebug
index 590e7fea..f945f21b 100755
--- a/linux/builddebug
+++ b/linux/builddebug
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-BLD_FLAGS="-g -std=gnu99 -Wno-write-strings -DGPAC_CONFIG_LINUX -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
+BLD_FLAGS="-g -std=gnu99 -Wno-write-strings -DGPAC_CONFIG_LINUX -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DVERSION_FILE_PRESENT"
 BLD_INCLUDE="-I../src/lib_ccx/ -I../src/gpacmp4/ -I../src/libpng/ -I../src/zlib/ -I../src/zvbi -I../src/lib_hash"
 SRC_LIBPNG="$(find ../src/libpng/ -name '*.c')"
 SRC_ZLIB="$(find ../src/zlib/ -name '*.c')"
diff --git a/linux/pre-build.sh b/linux/pre-build.sh
index 87094483..ebf6059a 100755
--- a/linux/pre-build.sh
+++ b/linux/pre-build.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ builddate=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 echo "Storing variables in file"
 echo "Commit: $commit"
 echo "Date: $builddate"
-echo "#ifndef CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_H" > ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#define CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_H" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#define GIT_COMMIT \"$commit\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#define COMPILE_DATE \"$builddate\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#endif" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
+echo "#ifndef CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_REAL_H" > ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#define CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_REAL_H" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#define GIT_COMMIT \"$commit\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#define COMPILE_DATE \"$builddate\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#endif" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
 echo "Stored all in compile.h"
 echo "Done."
diff --git a/mac/build.command b/mac/build.command
index d5f8b7d7..99abc202 100755
--- a/mac/build.command
+++ b/mac/build.command
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cd `dirname $0`
-BLD_FLAGS="-std=gnu99 -Wno-write-strings -DGPAC_CONFIG_DARWIN -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Dfopen64=fopen -Dopen64=open -Dlseek64=lseek"
+BLD_FLAGS="-std=gnu99 -Wno-write-strings -DGPAC_CONFIG_DARWIN -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DVERSION_FILE_PRESENT -Dfopen64=fopen -Dopen64=open -Dlseek64=lseek"
 BLD_INCLUDE="-I../src/lib_ccx -I../src/gpacmp4 -I../src/libpng -I../src/zlib -I../src/zvbi -I../src/lib_hash"
 SRC_LIBPNG="$(find ../src/libpng -name '*.c')"
 SRC_ZLIB="$(find ../src/zlib -name '*.c')"
diff --git a/mac/pre-build.sh b/mac/pre-build.sh
index 87094483..ebf6059a 100755
--- a/mac/pre-build.sh
+++ b/mac/pre-build.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ builddate=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 echo "Storing variables in file"
 echo "Commit: $commit"
 echo "Date: $builddate"
-echo "#ifndef CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_H" > ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#define CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_H" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#define GIT_COMMIT \"$commit\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#define COMPILE_DATE \"$builddate\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
-echo "#endif" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info.h
+echo "#ifndef CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_REAL_H" > ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#define CCX_CCEXTRACTOR_COMPILE_REAL_H" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#define GIT_COMMIT \"$commit\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#define COMPILE_DATE \"$builddate\"" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
+echo "#endif" >> ../src/lib_ccx/compile_info_real.h
 echo "Stored all in compile.h"
 echo "Done."