diff --git a/lix/meson.build b/lix/meson.build
index 40960c486..ac411679c 100644
--- a/lix/meson.build
+++ b/lix/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+# Cursed, but I don't think there's another way to get this environment variable.
+lix_suffix = run_command('bash', '-c', 'echo -n "$VERSION_SUFFIX"', check : true).stdout().strip()
+lix_version_parts = meson.project_version().split('.')
+lix_major = lix_version_parts[0]
+lix_minor = lix_version_parts[1]
+lix_patch = lix_version_parts[2].replace(lix_suffix, '')
+
 config_h = configure_file(
   configuration : {
     'PACKAGE_NAME': '"' + meson.project_name() + '"',
     'PACKAGE_VERSION': '"' + meson.project_version() + '"',
+    'LIX_MAJOR': lix_major,
+    'LIX_MINOR': lix_minor,
+    'LIX_PATCH': lix_patch,
     'PACKAGE_TARNAME': '"' + meson.project_name() + '"',
     'PACKAGE_STRING': '"' + meson.project_name() + ' ' + meson.project_version() + '"',
     'HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE': 1, # FIXME: actually check this for solaris