diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 64debe1139..ae75d1e532 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1626,6 +1626,7 @@ docs/reference/gdk/version.xml
 docs/reference/gtk/Makefile
 docs/reference/gtk/version.xml
 docs/reference/libgail-util/Makefile
+docs/reference/libgail-util/version.xml
 docs/tools/Makefile
 build/Makefile
 build/win32/Makefile
diff --git a/docs/reference/libgail-util/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/libgail-util/Makefile.am
index ee583e1753..8c30e2daf7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libgail-util/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/reference/libgail-util/Makefile.am
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ GTKDOC_LIBS = $(top_builddir)/modules/other/gail/libgail-util/libgailutil.la
 
 # gtkdoc-mkdb related varaibles
 MKDB_OPTIONS =
-content_files =
+content_files =		\
+	version.xml
 
 HTML_IMAGES =
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
 
+# Other files to distribute
+EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in
+
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/docs/reference/libgail-util/gail-libgail-util-docs.sgml b/docs/reference/libgail-util/gail-libgail-util-docs.sgml
index e35ae2b1d0..9e71f8aca2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libgail-util/gail-libgail-util-docs.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/libgail-util/gail-libgail-util-docs.sgml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
                "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
 <!ENTITY % local.common.attrib "xmlns:xi  CDATA  #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude'">
+<!ENTITY version SYSTEM "version.xml">
 ]>
 <book id="index" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude">
   <bookinfo>
diff --git a/docs/reference/libgail-util/version.xml.in b/docs/reference/libgail-util/version.xml.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bb59ac105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/libgail-util/version.xml.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@GTK_VERSION@