diff --git a/srcpkgs/powerstat/template b/srcpkgs/powerstat/template
index 0b292ad29b3..1f2533d534f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/powerstat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/powerstat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'powerstat'
 pkgname=powerstat
-version=0.02.07
+version=0.02.08
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Measures the power consumption using the ACPI battery information"
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/powerstat/"
 distfiles="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/powerstat/powerstat-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4f453bd6dbb6fac678f05e0e7aa9102dbb1f8f3a91ce6a61d6bf599f35e56c53
+checksum=427c54d8d46daef3c4af34bb0d408c6c2961246e308d420fce0d11d2dc3b9674
 
 do_build() {
-	make CC=$CC ${makejobs}
+	make CC=$CC CFLAGS+="-DVERSION=\\\"$version\\\" $CFLAGS" ${makejobs}
 }