diff --git a/android/android.make b/android/android.make
index 109eb61d2e..d68a81635a 100644
--- a/android/android.make
+++ b/android/android.make
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ ZIPALIGN=$(ANDROID_SDK_PATH)/tools/zipalign
 KEYSTORE=$(HOME)/.android/debug.keystore
 ADB=$(ANDROID_SDK_PATH)/platform-tools/adb
 
-MANIFEST	:= $(ANDROID_DIR)/AndroidManifest.xml
+MANIFEST	:= $(BUILDDIR)/AndroidManifest.xml
+MANIFEST_SRC	:= $(ANDROID_DIR)/AndroidManifest.xml
 
 R_JAVA		:= $(BUILDDIR)/gen/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/R.java
 R_OBJ		:= $(BUILDDIR)/bin/$(PACKAGE_PATH)/R.class
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ CLEANOBJS += bin gen libs data
 
 JAVAC_OPTS += -implicit:none -classpath $(ANDROID_PLATFORM)/android.jar:$(BUILDDIR)/bin
 
+.PHONY:
+$(MANIFEST): $(MANIFEST_SRC)
+	$(call PRINTS,MANIFEST $(@F))sed -e 's/versionName="1.0"/versionName="$(SVNVERSION)"/' $(MANIFEST_SRC) > $(MANIFEST)
+
 $(R_JAVA) $(AP_): $(MANIFEST) $(RES) | $(DIRS)
 	$(call PRINTS,AAPT $(subst $(BUILDDIR)/,,$@))$(AAPT) package -f -m \
 		-J $(BUILDDIR)/gen -M $(MANIFEST) -S $(ANDROID_DIR)/res \
diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index 1ac5568316..9cf9eef1d0 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ clean::
 		$(LINKRAM) $(LINKROM) rockbox.elf rockbox.map rockbox.bin \
 		make.dep rombox.elf rombox.map rombox.bin rombox.ucl romstart.txt \
 		$(BINARY) $(FLASHFILE) uisimulator bootloader flash $(BOOTLINK) \
-		rockbox.apk
+		rockbox.apk AndroidManifest.xml
 
 #### linking the binaries: ####