diff --git a/bin/versinc b/bin/versinc
index f60fc7fa1c..7edc03f8bb 100644
--- a/bin/versinc
+++ b/bin/versinc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/local/bin/perl -w
+$foo;
 require 5.003;
 
 $hdr = "./src/H5public.h";