diff --git a/gd.changes b/gd.changes
index 7aaaee3..be8aa43 100644
--- a/gd.changes
+++ b/gd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  1 15:32:40 UTC 2016 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- add missing config/getver.pl [bsc#965190]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 12 14:11:33 UTC 2015 - joerg.lorenzen@ki.tng.de
 
diff --git a/gd.spec b/gd.spec
index 92d9c56..803326c 100644
--- a/gd.spec
+++ b/gd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Group:          System/Libraries
 Url:            http://libgd.bitbucket.org/
 Source:         https://bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/downloads/libgd-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
+Source2:        getver.pl
 # to be upstreamed, gdlib-config --libs to return the same as pkg-config --libs gdlib
 Patch0:         gd-config.patch
 # might be upstreamed, but could be suse specific also (/usr/share/fonts/Type1 font dir)
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ the formats accepted for inline images by most browsers.
 %patch4
 
 %build
+# this file is errorneously forgotten from the tarball
+# remove in next release to 2.1.1
+cp %{SOURCE2} config/getver.pl
+perl config/getver.pl
 autoreconf -fiv
 # without-x -- useless switch which just mangles cflags
 %configure \
diff --git a/getver.pl b/getver.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b44b81e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/getver.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+# Simple script to extract the version number parts from src/gd.h.  If
+# called with the middle word of the version macro, it prints the
+# value of that macro.  If called with no argument, it outputs a
+# human-readable version string.  This must be run in the project
+# root.  It is used by configure.ac and docs/naturaldocs/run_docs.sh.
+
+use strict;
+
+my $key = shift;
+my @version_parts = ();
+
+open FH, "<src/gd.h"   # old-style filehandle for max. portability
+  or die "Unable to open 'version.h' for reading.\n";
+
+while(<FH>) {
+  next unless m{version605b5d1778};
+  next unless /^#define\s+GD_([A-Z0-9]+)_VERSION+\s+(\S+)/;
+  my ($lk, $lv) = ($1, $2);
+  if ($lk eq $key) {
+    chomp $lv;
+    $lv =~ s/"//g;
+
+    print $lv;   # no newline
+    exit(0);    # success!
+  }
+
+  push @version_parts, $lv if (!$key);
+}
+
+close(FH);
+
+if (scalar @version_parts == 4) {
+  my $result = join(".", @version_parts[0..2]);
+  $result .= $version_parts[3];
+  $result =~ s/"//g;
+  print $result;
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+exit(1);        # failure