diff --git a/src/libinput-private.h b/src/libinput-private.h
index 52f129aa..60685b5a 100644
--- a/src/libinput-private.h
+++ b/src/libinput-private.h
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@
 
 #include "libinput.h"
 #include "libinput-util.h"
+#include "libinput-version.h"
 
 #if LIBINPUT_VERSION_MICRO >= 90
 #define HTTP_DOC_LINK "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/"
 #else
-#define HTTP_DOC_LINK "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/" VERSION "/"
+#define HTTP_DOC_LINK "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/" LIBINPUT_VERSION "/"
 #endif
 
 struct libinput_source;