diff --git a/exiv2.spec b/exiv2.spec
index 207ac32..e921470 100644
--- a/exiv2.spec
+++ b/exiv2.spec
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Exif and Iptc metadata manipulation library
 Name:    exiv2
 Version: 0.27.2
+%global internal_ver %{version}.2
 Release: 0.2.%{beta}%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ rm -fv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libexiv2.la
 
 %check
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:}${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
-test "$(pkg-config --modversion exiv2)" = "%{version}.2"
+test "$(pkg-config --modversion exiv2)" = "%{internal_ver}"
 test "$(pkg-config --variable=libdir exiv2)" = "%{_libdir}"
 test -x %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libexiv2.so
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ test -x %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libexiv2.so
 
 %files libs
 %{_libdir}/libexiv2.so.27*
-%{_libdir}/libexiv2.so.%{version}
+%{_libdir}/libexiv2.so.%{internal_ver}
 
 %files devel
 %{_includedir}/exiv2/