diff --git a/system/ecofont-ttf/ecofont-ttf.SlackBuild b/system/ecofont-ttf/ecofont-ttf.SlackBuild
index 5f37597bad..d3afd5270e 100644
--- a/system/ecofont-ttf/ecofont-ttf.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/ecofont-ttf/ecofont-ttf.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=ecofont-ttf
-VERSION=2.02
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.02}
 ARCH=noarch
 BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}