diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/psmisc/psmisc_23.7.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/psmisc/psmisc_23.7.bb
index 4128ca0533..d6bb7ef81b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/psmisc/psmisc_23.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/psmisc/psmisc_23.7.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ inherit autotools gettext
 # doesn't believe po/ is a gettext directory and won't generate po/Makefile.
 do_configure:prepend() {
     ( cd ${S} && po/update-potfiles )
+    [ ! -e ${S}/.tarball-version ] && echo ${PV} > ${S}/.tarball-version
 }