diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index 60a2a63a5e900c30691462b970cfcf924df85c52..a3ac5a716e9fc18aeb4e936743db2743c5271bd1 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if [ -n "$KDEB_PKGVERSION" ]; then
 	packageversion=$KDEB_PKGVERSION
 	revision=${packageversion##*-}
 else
-	revision=$(cat .version 2>/dev/null||echo 1)
+	revision=$($srctree/init/build-version)
 	packageversion=$version-$revision
 fi
 sourcename=$KDEB_SOURCENAME