diff --git a/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h b/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h
index 94ad4011e..ca0d01ebd 100644
--- a/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h
+++ b/kadmin/kadmin_locl.h
@@ -99,4 +99,6 @@ DECL(exit_kadmin);
 
 #define ALLOC(X) ((X) = malloc(sizeof(*(X))))
 
+#define KADMIN_APPL_VERSION "KADM0.0" /* XXX get from kadm5_locl.h */
+
 #endif /* __ADMIN_LOCL_H__ */
diff --git a/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h b/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h
index cdfbfba24..b9f0f1ba4 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h
+++ b/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ enum kadm_ops {
     kadm_randkey
 };
 
+#define KADMIN_APPL_VERSION "KADM0.0"
+
 kadm5_ret_t
 _kadm5_acl_check_permission __P((
 	kadm5_server_context *context,