3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mate-about/Makefile.am b/mate-about/Makefile.am
index 7495e05..4df5e27 100644
--- a/mate-about/Makefile.am
+++ b/mate-about/Makefile.am
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ versiondir = $(datadir)/mate-about
 version_DATA = mate-version.xml
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(desktop_in_files)	\
+	     mate-about.h.in		\
 	     mate-version.xml.in
 
-CLEANFILES = $(desktop_DATA) $(bin_PROGRAMS) $(version_DATA)
+CLEANFILES = $(desktop_DATA) $(bin_PROGRAMS) $(version_DATA) mate-about.h
 
 #-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
 
diff --git a/mate-about/mate-about.h b/mate-about/mate-about.h.in
index 08ec23c..ae3d2a8 100644
--- a/mate-about/mate-about.h
+++ b/mate-about/mate-about.h.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const char* website = "https://mate-desktop.org/";
 
 const char* copyright =  N_("Copyright © 1997-2011 GNOME developers\n"
                             "Copyright © 2011 Perberos\n"
-                            "Copyright © 2012-2019 MATE developers");
+                            "Copyright © 2012-@RELEASE_YEAR@ MATE developers");
 
 /* Increment comments_count if you add other comments. This will be
  * used to choose a random comment. */
diff --git a/mate-about/meson.build b/mate-about/meson.build
index 0ef8318..3d25310 100644
--- a/mate-about/meson.build
+++ b/mate-about/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 date_exe = find_program('date')
 mate_date = run_command(date_exe, '+%Y-%m-%d').stdout().strip()
+mate_year = run_command(date_exe, '+%Y').stdout().strip()
 
 mate_data = configuration_data()
 
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ mate_data.set('MATE_PLATFORM', mate_platform)
 mate_data.set('MATE_MINOR', mate_minor)
 mate_data.set('MATE_MICRO', mate_micro)
 
+mate_about_data = configuration_data()
+mate_about_data.set('RELEASE_YEAR', mate_year)
+
 executable('mate-about',
   'mate-about.c',
   c_args: [
@@ -37,3 +41,10 @@ mate_version_xml_in = configure_file(
   install: true,
   install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'mate-about'),
 )
+
+mate_about_h_in = configure_file(
+  input: 'mate-about.h.in',
+  output: 'mate-about.h',
+  configuration: mate_about_data,
+  install: false,
+)