1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/msdos/mainmake.v2 b/msdos/mainmake.v2
index 4bb13e367ed..79bd827d8c6 100644
--- a/msdos/mainmake.v2
+++ b/msdos/mainmake.v2
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ MAKESHELL=/xyzzy/command
 top_srcdir := $(subst \,/,$(shell cd))
 
 # Find out which version of Emacs this is.
-version := ${shell sed -n -e '/^const char emacs_version/s/^[^"]*\("[^"]*"\).*/\1/p' src/emacs.c}
+version := ${shell sed -n -e '/^static const char emacs_version/s/^[^"]*\("[^"]*"\).*/\1/p' src/emacs.c}
 
 # Q: Do we need to bootstrap?
 # A: Only if we find admin/admin.el, i.e. we are building out of