diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b60b535f6..4716158d79 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ endif
 ASTERISKVERSION:=$(shell build_tools/make_version .)
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard .version),)
-  ASTERISKVERSIONNUM:=$(shell awk -F. '{printf "%02d%02d%02d", $$1, $$2, $$3}' .version)
+  ASTERISKVERSIONNUM:=$(shell awk -F. '{printf "%01d%02d%02d", $$1, $$2, $$3}' .version)
   RPMVERSION:=$(shell sed 's/[-\/:]/_/g' .version)
 else
   RPMVERSION=unknown