diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 45831df..bc19f6b 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ LOG_CATEGORY(Util)
 
 namespace p2pool {
 
-const char* VERSION = "v" STR2(P2POOL_VERSION_MAJOR) "." STR2(P2POOL_VERSION_MINOR) " (built"
+#if defined(P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH) && (P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH > 0)
+#define P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH_STR "." STR2(P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH)
+#else
+#define P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH_STR ""
+#endif
+
+const char* VERSION = "v" STR2(P2POOL_VERSION_MAJOR) "." STR2(P2POOL_VERSION_MINOR) P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH_STR " (built"
 #if defined(__clang__)
 	" with clang/" __clang_version__
 #elif defined(__GNUC__)
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 56ddf20..ffde826 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace p2pool {
 
 #define P2POOL_VERSION_MAJOR 3
 #define P2POOL_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH 1
 
 extern const char* VERSION;