diff --git a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
index 4215fe92b2..5ec2b3632a 100644
--- a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ BLDDIR={- $config{builddir} -}
 # to testing.
 VERBOSE=$(V)
 
-VERSION={- "$config{major}.$config{minor}.$config{patch}$config{prerelease}$config{build_metadata}" -}
+VERSION={- "$config{full_version}" -}
 MAJOR={- $config{major} -}
 MINOR={- $config{minor} -}
 SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER={- $config{shlib_version} -}
diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index c0e6d521ef..f6ac179254 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=({- join(", ",quotify_l(@{$config{perlargv}})) -})
 SRCDIR={- $config{sourcedir} -}
 BLDDIR={- $config{builddir} -}
 
-VERSION={- "$config{major}.$config{minor}.$config{patch}$config{prerelease}$config{build_metadata}" -}
+VERSION={- "$config{full_version}" -}
 MAJOR={- $config{major} -}
 MINOR={- $config{minor} -}
 SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER={- $config{shlib_version} -}
diff --git a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
index 8b3914d7ac..21f666f9a4 100644
--- a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ PLATFORM={- $config{target} -}
 SRCDIR={- $config{sourcedir} -}
 BLDDIR={- $config{builddir} -}
 
-VERSION={- "$config{major}.$config{minor}.$config{patch}$config{prerelease}$config{build_metadata}" -}
+VERSION={- "$config{full_version}" -}
 MAJOR={- $config{major} -}
 MINOR={- $config{minor} -}
 
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 37c9b2aabd..e2a6025172 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ die "erroneous version information in opensslv.h: ",
             || $config{patch} eq "unknown"
             || $config{shlib_version} eq "unknown");
 
+$config{version} = "$config{major}.$config{minor}.$config{patch}";
+$config{full_version} = "$config{version}$config{prerelease}$config{build_metadata}";
+
 # Collect target configurations
 
 my $pattern = catfile(dirname($0), "Configurations", "*.conf");
@@ -999,8 +1002,8 @@ if ($target eq "HASH") {
     exit 0;
 }
 
-print "Configuring OpenSSL version $config{version} ($config{version_num}) ";
-print "for $target\n";
+print "Configuring OpenSSL version $config{full_version} ";
+print "for target $target\n";
 
 if (scalar(@seed_sources) == 0) {
     print "Using os-specific seed configuration\n";