diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 3a03211032dd468c62c0d427ae53464102dff5ee..2cbb9788411fff251728d43439fd0218a5eea63b 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.5.10"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.5.10+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.