diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index 1475b0d..1fd569c 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 13 19:44:11 UTC 2020 - Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@suse.com>
+
+- Patch the full package version into the cloud-init version file
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 10 11:39:09 UTC 2020 - Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index a0acecd..e04afe9 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ Documentation and examples for cloud-init tools
 %patch57
 %patch58 -p1
 %patch59
+# patch in the full version to version.py
+version_pys=$(find . -name version.py -type f)
+[ -n "$version_pys" ] ||
+   { echo "failed to find 'version.py' to patch with version." 1>&2; exit 1; }
+sed -i "s,@@PACKAGED_VERSION@@,%{version}-%{release}," $version_pys
 
 %build
 python3 setup.py build