diff --git a/srcpkgs/dateutils/template b/srcpkgs/dateutils/template
index 221e47c4283..82a8a71e9e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dateutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dateutils/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dateutils'
 pkgname=dateutils
 version=0.3.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="ax_cv_zoneinfo_tzdir=/usr/share/zoneinfo"
 short_desc="Nifty command line date and time utilities"
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.fresse.org/dateutils/"
 distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/hroptatyr/dateutils/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=551620b01c08d5feffb68fde6bb669fe09275dd316a79aeca0efcbe3ec774a3e
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i "/^## check\/generate version files/,/^## check for byteorder utils/d" configure
+	cat > version.mk <<EOF
+VERSION = $version
+PACKAGE_VERSION = \$(VERSION)
+PACKAGE_STRING = \$(PACKAGE) \$(VERSION)
+EOF
+}