diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
index 3b2a0747..22517746 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/configuration.rst
@@ -654,19 +654,23 @@ Live Media Settings
     (*dict*) -- configuration for ``koji spin-livemedia``; format:
     ``{variant_uid_regex: [{opt:value}]}``
 
-    Available options:
+    Required options:
 
+      * ``name`` (*str*)
+      * ``version`` (*str*)
       * ``target`` (*str*)
       * ``arches`` (*[str]*) -- what architectures to build the media for; by default uses
         all arches for the variant.
       * ``kickstart`` (*str*) -- name of the kickstart file
+
+    Available options:
+
       * ``ksurl`` (*str*)
       * ``ksversion`` (*str*)
       * ``scratch`` (*bool*)
       * ``release`` (*str*) -- a string with the release, or explicit ``None``
         for using compose date and respin.
       * ``skip_tag`` (*bool*)
-      * ``name`` (*str*)
       * ``repo`` (*[str]*) -- external repo
       * ``repo_from`` (*[str]*) -- list of variants to take extra repos from
       * ``title`` (*str*)
diff --git a/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py b/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py
index ddb8fefa..b1c036f9 100644
--- a/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py
+++ b/pungi/phases/livemedia_phase.py
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ class LiveMediaPhase(PhaseBase):
                     'install_tree': translate_path(
                         self.compose,
                         self.compose.paths.compose.os_tree('$arch', variant, create_dir=False)
-                    )
+                    ),
+                    'version': image_conf['version'],
                 }
                 self.pool.add(LiveMediaThread(self.pool))
                 self.pool.queue_put((self.compose, variant, config))
diff --git a/tests/test_livemediaphase.py b/tests/test_livemediaphase.py
index 6b0dbf9e..4b2d2b34 100755
--- a/tests/test_livemediaphase.py
+++ b/tests/test_livemediaphase.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class TestLiveMediaPhase(unittest.TestCase):
                         'kickstart': 'file.ks',
                         'ksurl': 'git://example.com/repo.git',
                         'name': 'Fedora Server Live',
+                        'version': 'Rawhide',
                     }
                 ]
             },
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ class TestLiveMediaPhase(unittest.TestCase):
                                          'target': 'f24',
                                          'title': None,
                                          'install_tree': '/ostree/$arch/Server',
+                                         'version': 'Rawhide',
                                      }))])
 
     @mock.patch('pungi.phases.livemedia_phase.resolve_git_url')
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ class TestLiveMediaPhase(unittest.TestCase):
                         'repo': ['http://example.com/extra_repo'],
                         'arches': ['x86_64'],
                         'ksversion': '24',
-                        'release': None
+                        'release': None,
+                        'version': 'Rawhide',
                     }
                 ]
             }
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ class TestLiveMediaPhase(unittest.TestCase):
                                          'target': 'f24',
                                          'title': 'Custom Title',
                                          'install_tree': '/ostree/$arch/Server',
+                                         'version': 'Rawhide',
                                      }))])
 
 
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ class TestCreateImageBuildThread(unittest.TestCase):
             'skip_tag': None,
             'target': 'f24',
             'title': None,
+            'version': 'Rawhide',
         }
         pool = mock.Mock()
 
@@ -268,6 +273,7 @@ class TestCreateImageBuildThread(unittest.TestCase):
             'skip_tag': None,
             'target': 'f24',
             'title': None,
+            'version': 'Rawhide',
         }
         pool = mock.Mock()
 
@@ -306,6 +312,7 @@ class TestCreateImageBuildThread(unittest.TestCase):
             'skip_tag': None,
             'target': 'f24',
             'title': None,
+            'version': 'Rawhide',
         }
         pool = mock.Mock()