diff --git a/globals.c b/globals.c
index 2105157..feb19cc 100644
--- a/globals.c
+++ b/globals.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
  *
  * Constant string describing the internal version of the library
  */
-const char *xmlParserVersion = LIBXML_VERSION_STRING;
+const char *xmlParserVersion = LIBXML_VERSION_STRING LIBXML_VERSION_EXTRA;
 
 /**
  * xmlBufferAllocScheme: