diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 12192de18ddefd57221206e6beb2e3cdf930443f..55fe94185222a1d2c5425748a731d948066f21c2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
-AC_INIT([mesa-demos], [8.0],
+AC_INIT([mesa-demos], [8.0.0],
     [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mesa])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST