diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 95accb0094..2608bceb3d 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "libavutil/cpu.h"
 #include "cmdutils.h"
+#include "version.h"
 #if CONFIG_NETWORK
 #include "libavformat/network.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1f9ed15a1b..99fac771fb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4921,7 +4921,6 @@ cat > $TMPH <<EOF
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIG_H
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION "$(c_escape $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION)"
 #define FFMPEG_LICENSE "$(c_escape $license)"
-#include "version.h"
 #define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2013
 #define FFMPEG_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define AVCONV_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
diff --git a/ffprobe.c b/ffprobe.c
index c68cb16fe1..d124d4eb01 100644
--- a/ffprobe.c
+++ b/ffprobe.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #include <string.h>