+rpmversion:=$(shell rpm -q --specfile sfa.spec --queryformat="%{version}\n" | head -1)
+# somehow %{taglevel} is empty, turns out %{release} has what we want
+rpmtaglevel:=$(shell rpm -q --specfile sfa.spec --queryformat="%{release}\n" 2> /dev/null | head -1)
+VERSIONTAG=$(rpmversion)-$(rpmtaglevel)
+SCMURL=should-be-redefined-by-specfile
+
+python: version
+
+version: sfa/util/version.py
+sfa/util/version.py: sfa/util/version.py.in
+ sed -e "s,@VERSIONTAG@,$(VERSIONTAG),g" -e "s,@SCMURL@,$(SCMURL),g" sfa/util/version.py.in > $@