diff --git a/.gear/llama.cpp.spec b/.gear/llama.cpp.spec
index 8fb7c859e..8f3cfce94 100644
--- a/.gear/llama.cpp.spec
+++ b/.gear/llama.cpp.spec
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ Overall this is all raw and EXPERIMENTAL, no warranty, no support.
 %prep
 %setup
 sed -i '/BLA_SIZEOF_INTEGER/s/8/ANY/' CMakeLists.txt
+cat <<-EOF >> scripts/build-info.cmake
+	set(BUILD_NUMBER $(tr -d '[:alpha:]' <<< '%version'))
+	set(BUILD_COMMIT "%release")
+EOF
 
 %build
 %cmake \
@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ LLAMA_ARGS="-m %_datadir/%name/ggml-model-f32.bin"
 EOF
 
 %check
+%_cmake__builddir/bin/main --version |& grep -Fx 'version: %version (%release)'
 %ctest -j1 -E test-eval-callback
 
 %files