diff --git a/Tools/unicode/makeunicodedata.py b/Tools/unicode/makeunicodedata.py
index f7dcad5..c948312 100644
--- a/Tools/unicode/makeunicodedata.py
+++ b/Tools/unicode/makeunicodedata.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # (re)generate unicode property and type databases
 #
-# this script converts a unicode 3.0 database file to
+# this script converts a unicode 3.2 database file to
 # Modules/unicodedata_db.h, Modules/unicodename_db.h,
 # and Objects/unicodetype_db.h
 #
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # 2002-10-18 mvl  update to Unicode 3.2
 # 2002-10-22 mvl  generate NFC tables
 # 2002-11-24 mvl  expand all ranges, sort names version-independently
+# 2002-11-25 mvl  add UNIDATA_VERSION
 #
 # written by Fredrik Lundh (fredrik@pythonware.com)
 #
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@
 import sys
 
 SCRIPT = sys.argv[0]
-VERSION = "2.1"
+VERSION = "2.2"
 
+# The Unicode Database
+UNIDATA_VERSION = "3.2.0"
 UNICODE_DATA = "UnicodeData.txt"
 COMPOSITION_EXCLUSIONS = "CompositionExclusions.txt"
 
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@
     fp = open(FILE, "w")
     print >>fp, "/* this file was generated by %s %s */" % (SCRIPT, VERSION)
     print >>fp
+    print >>fp, '#define UNIDATA_VERSION "%s"' % UNIDATA_VERSION
     print >>fp, "/* a list of unique database records */"
     print >>fp, \
           "const _PyUnicode_DatabaseRecord _PyUnicode_Database_Records[] = {"