diff --git a/lib/libxcvt/Makefile b/lib/libxcvt/Makefile
index fe380b82c..ea2c9c4b7 100644
--- a/lib/libxcvt/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libxcvt/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2022/08/07 07:29:26 matthieu Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 2023/09/06 20:36:50 matthieu Exp $
 
 SUBDIR=	 lib cvt
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ INCS=	libxcvt.h libxcvt_mode.h
 
 PACKAGE_VERSION= 	0.1.2
 PKGCONFIG=              libxcvt.pc
-
+EXTRA_PKGCONFIG_SUBST=	-e 's/@VERSION@/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/'
 obj: _xenocara_obj