diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index acd38a0..318e64a 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -714,13 +714,17 @@ pkg_build() {
         mkdir -p "$pkg_dir/$pkg/$pkg_db" "$mak_dir/$pkg"
         cd "$mak_dir/$pkg"
 
+        # Log the version so we can pass it to the package build file
+        # for the occasional use.
+        read -r build_version < "$repo_dir/version"
+
         log "$pkg" "Starting build"
         run_hook pre-build "$pkg" "$pkg_dir/$pkg"
 
         # Call the build script, log the output to the terminal
         # and to a file. There's no PIPEFAIL in POSIX shelll so
         # we must resort to tricks like killing the script ourselves.
-        { "$repo_dir/build" "$pkg_dir/$pkg" 2>&1 || {
+        { "$repo_dir/build" "$pkg_dir/$pkg" "$build_version" 2>&1 || {
             log "$pkg" "Build failed"
             log "$pkg" "Log stored to $log_dir/$pkg-$time-$pid"
             run_hook build-fail "$pkg" "$pkg_dir/$pkg"