--- Makefile.orig       2006-12-23 21:24:43.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile    2006-12-23 21:30:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@
 
 VDRVERSION = $(shell grep 'define VDRVERSION ' $(VDRDIR)/config.h | awk '{ print $$3 }' | sed -e 's/"//g')
 
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+
+APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+
+ifeq ($(APIVERSION),)
+### Backward compatibility: use version number of VDR!
+APIVERSION = $(shell sed -ne '/define VDRVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' $(VDRDIR)/config.h)
+endif
+
 ### The name of the distribution archive:
 
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@
 
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@ $(LIBS)
-	@cp $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(VDRVERSION)
+	@cp $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
 
 dist: clean
	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)