diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1350f1fe8..100d1eb44 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 dnl A snapshot release has a letter appended.  CVS files before a release
 dnl are suffixed with the string "-cvs", so "1.0.6a-cvs" is a cvs version
 dnl between 1.0.6 and 1.0.6a. 
-AC_INIT(gnupg, 1.0.7, bug-gnupg@gnu.org)
+AC_INIT(gnupg, 1.0.7a-cvs, bug-gnupg@gnu.org)
 ALL_LINGUAS="cs da de eo el es et fr gl id it ja nl pl pt_BR pt sv tr"
 static_modules="sha1 md5 rmd160"
 static_random_module=""