diff --git a/guile-tools.in b/guile-tools.in
index 8b32ba648..20f7e954b 100644
--- a/guile-tools.in
+++ b/guile-tools.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# 	Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# 	Copyright (C) 2001, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ EOF
 
 prefix="@prefix@"
 pkgdatadir="@datadir@/@PACKAGE@"
-guileversion="@GUILE_VERSION@"
+guileversion="@GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION@"
 default_scriptsdir=$pkgdatadir/$guileversion/scripts
 
 # pre-install invocation frob