diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4eea008b..f5b1614f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(nix, m4_esyscmd([bash -c "echo -n $(cat ./version)$VERSION_SUFFIX"]))
+AC_INIT(nix, m4_esyscmd([bash -c "echo -n $(cat ./.version)$VERSION_SUFFIX"]))
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(README.md)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)