diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d6b897e1e7fd1890edafbd29d233929519663e87..334355b443ab38189a68af0ae0d9d69c6887763b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 include(ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
 include(ECMCoverageOption)
 # Do NOT add quote
-set(KDEPIM_DEV_VERSION )
+set(KDEPIM_DEV_VERSION rc)
 
 # add an extra space
 if(DEFINED KDEPIM_DEV_VERSION)