diff --git a/Changelog.draft.rst b/Changelog.draft.rst
index 8b599f9..bb960e4 100644
--- a/Changelog.draft.rst
+++ b/Changelog.draft.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ New Features
 Changes
 -------
 
+* Makefile use magic to find the version number.
+
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d45f38..597c49b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
-VERSION=6.3.2
+VERSION=`./offlineimap.py --version`
 TARGZ=offlineimap_$(VERSION).tar.gz
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 RST2HTML=`type rst2html 2>/dev/null 2>&1 && echo rst2html || echo rst2html.py`