diff --git a/srcpkgs/gradle/files/gradle b/srcpkgs/gradle/files/gradle
index 6b32cb719ef..88e35cd3c42 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gradle/files/gradle
+++ b/srcpkgs/gradle/files/gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 APP_HOME="/usr/lib/gradle"
-APP_VERSION=2.8
+APP_VERSION=@VERSION@
 
 java $JAVA_OPTS -classpath $APP_HOME/lib/gradle-launcher-$APP_VERSION.jar org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain "$@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gradle/template b/srcpkgs/gradle/template
index ec8be9c98a1..5b888cc6ead 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gradle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gradle/template
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ checksum=a88db9c2f104defdaa8011c58cf6cda6c114298ae3695ecfb8beb30da3a903cb
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir "usr/lib/gradle"
 	vmkdir "usr/share/doc/gradle"
-	vbin ${FILESDIR}/gradle
+	sed ${FILESDIR}/gradle -e "s;@VERSION@;${version};" > gradle
+	vbin gradle
 
 	cp -v getting-started.html changelog.txt ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/gradle
 	mv lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/gradle/