diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 95f24cf1..ceba8ea9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1998-08-30  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* LIBGTOP-VERSION (LIBGTOP_VERSION_CODE): Added. This is a numerical
+	constant ("1.234.567" -> 1234567) to be used in C preprocessor
+	conditionals.
+
 1998-08-29  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
 	* LIBGTOP-VERSION (LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE, LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE): Added.
diff --git a/LIBGTOP-VERSION b/LIBGTOP-VERSION
index f61039a3..6d6a0133 100644
--- a/LIBGTOP-VERSION
+++ b/LIBGTOP-VERSION
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION=0
 LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE=0
 LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE=0
 
-LIBGTOP_VERSION=$LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION
-
 # Increase each time you change the client/server protocol.
 LIBGTOP_SERVER_VERSION=1
 
+# Don't change this
+LIBGTOP_VERSION=$LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION
+LIBGTOP_VERSION_CODE=$(($LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION*1000000+$LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION*1000+$LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION))
+
 # For automake.
 VERSION=$LIBGTOP_VERSION
 PACKAGE=libgtop
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 30a08d7a..32b78695 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ libgtopConf.sh: libgtopConf.sh.in Makefile
 	    -e 's,\@LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION\@,$(LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION),g' \
 	    -e 's,\@LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION\@,$(LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION),g' \
 	    -e 's,\@LIBGTOP_VERSION\@,$(LIBGTOP_VERSION),g' \
+	    -e 's,\@LIBGTOP_VERSION_CODE\@,$(LIBGTOP_VERSION_CODE),g' \
 	    -e 's,\@LIBGTOP_SERVER_VERSION\@,$(LIBGTOP_SERVER_VERSION),g' \
 	    -e 's,\@libgtop_sysdeps_dir\@,$(libgtop_sysdeps_dir),g' \
 	    -e 's,\@libgtop_need_server\@,$(libgtop_need_server),g' \
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ea240eb7..ce5bc140 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE)
 AC_SUBST(LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE)
 AC_SUBST(LIBGTOP_SERVER_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(LIBGTOP_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(LIBGTOP_VERSION_CODE)
 
 # libtool versioning
 LT_RELEASE=$LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION
diff --git a/libgtopConf.sh.in b/libgtopConf.sh.in
index 33ff4d4d..af01ed25 100644
--- a/libgtopConf.sh.in
+++ b/libgtopConf.sh.in
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ LIBGTOP_SERVER="@LIBGTOP_SERVER@"
 LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION="@LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION@"
 LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION="@LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION@"
 LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION="@LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION@"
+
 LIBGTOP_VERSION="@LIBGTOP_VERSION@"
+LIBGTOP_VERSION_CODE="@LIBGTOP_VERSION_CODE@"
 
 LIBGTOP_SERVER_VERSION="@LIBGTOP_SERVER_VERSION@"