2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2/configure.ac b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2/configure.ac
index e2bf1bf110..b8abade2d9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2/configure.ac
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.57])
 
-AC_INIT(bzip2, 1.0.6)
+AC_INIT(bzip2, %BZIP2_VERSION%)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8.bb
index 6f86b451ae..8e9b779e67 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "bunzip2 bzcat bzip2"
 #install binaries to bzip2-native under sysroot for replacement-native
 EXTRA_OECONF_append_class-native = " --bindir=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PN}"
 
+do_configure_prepend () {
+    sed -i -e "s|%BZIP2_VERSION%|${PV}|" ${S}/configure.ac
+}
+
 do_install_ptest () {
         sed -i -e "s|^Makefile:|_Makefile:|" ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/Makefile
 }