diff --git a/systemd-mini.spec b/systemd-mini.spec
index ab6669e..73552c8 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.spec
+++ b/systemd-mini.spec
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ opensuse_ntp_servers=({0..3}.opensuse.pool.ntp.org)
 
 # keep split-usr until all packages have moved their systemd rules to /usr
 %meson \
+        -Dversion-tag=%{suse_version} \
         -Ddocdir=%{_docdir}/systemd \
         -Drootprefix=/usr \
         -Dsplit-usr=true \
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index 3f323ca..0abc228 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  7 14:27:59 UTC 2019 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Include the SUSE version along with the major version of systemd
+
+  $ systemctl --version
+  systemd 241 (+suse.42.g15a1b4d58)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar  6 14:59:22 UTC 2019 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index ca20d5a..df08f88 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ opensuse_ntp_servers=({0..3}.opensuse.pool.ntp.org)
 
 # keep split-usr until all packages have moved their systemd rules to /usr
 %meson \
+        -Dversion-tag=%{suse_version} \
         -Ddocdir=%{_docdir}/systemd \
         -Drootprefix=/usr \
         -Dsplit-usr=true \