diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f3580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+release.r60.1 9497
diff --git a/go-0.0.r59+hg20110922.tar.bz2 b/go-0.0.r59+hg20110922.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 657a236..0000000
--- a/go-0.0.r59+hg20110922.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:de816bc43c21de102373e610501342c3652ed5b320406ba4e8a1f777ab65d722
-size 8290071
diff --git a/go-0.0.r60.1+hg20110927.tar.bz2 b/go-0.0.r60.1+hg20110927.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5784953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-0.0.r60.1+hg20110927.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b995844bca5768d6a7b65ff5b070b4e6b52f704309542e05b5820ad30a8ee26d
+size 8815021
diff --git a/go.changes b/go.changes
index 054d136..c9505c5 100644
--- a/go.changes
+++ b/go.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 27 08:57:23 UTC 2011 - saschpe@suse.de
+
+- Add file 'VERSION' which is otherwise generated at runtime to fix
+  building
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  2 08:59:17 UTC 2011 - saschpe@suse.de
 
diff --git a/go.spec b/go.spec
index f6226d4..fed6f15 100644
--- a/go.spec
+++ b/go.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
 Name:           go
-Version:        0.0.r59+hg20110922
+Version:        0.0.r60.1+hg20110927
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language
 Group:          Development/Languages/Other
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Source0:        go-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        rpmlintrc
 Source2:        go.sh
 Source3:        macros.go
+# This file is otherwise generated at build-time from the .hg directory, which was
+# stripped from the tarball to save space. TODO: Update contents after version update!
+Source4:        VERSION
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE adjust documentation paths
 Patch1:         go-godoc-path-locations.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ Kate syntax highlighting scheme for the Go programming language.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}
 %patch1 -p1
+cp %{SOURCE4} .
 
 %build
 export GOROOT="`pwd`"