diff --git a/lisp/erc/ChangeLog b/lisp/erc/ChangeLog
index b8357d1de6b..d37906721a8 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/erc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-02-17  Kelvin White  <kwhite@gnu.org>
+
+	* erc.el: Add old version string back to file header for
+	package.el compatibility
+
 2015-02-13  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* erc.el (erc-rename-buffers): Doc fix.  Add :version.
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc.el b/lisp/erc/erc.el
index e2366a1b58f..a84f9f07523 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc.el
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ;;               Kelvin White (kwhite@gnu.org)
 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
 ;; Keywords: IRC, chat, client, Internet
-
+;; Version: 5.3
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.