diff --git a/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh b/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh
index 22fbbe1..a06676f 100755
--- a/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh
+++ b/etc/debian/fpm-make.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ install -D etc/ot-recorder.service $tempdir/usr/share/doc/ot-recorder/ot-recorde
 
 name="ot-recorder"
 # add -0 to indicate "not in Debian" as per Roger's suggestion
-version="deb$(cat /etc/debian_version)_$(awk '{print $NF;}' version.h | sed -e 's/"//g' )-0"
+version="$(awk '{print $NF;}' version.h | sed -e 's/"//g' )-0-deb$(cat /etc/debian_version)"
 arch=$(uname -m)
 
 case $arch in