diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e4bc29bf..9b0a555b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,8 +69,16 @@ math(EXPR SL '${SL}-1')
 string(SUBSTRING ${VERSION_REVISION} 0 ${SL} VERSION_REVISION)
 set(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_REVISION}")
 set(SOVERSION ${VERSION})
-message(STATUS "Building PIP version ${VERSION}${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
-file(WRITE "${PIP_SRC_MAIN}/pip_version_str.h" "// This file was generated by PIP CMake, don`t edit it!\n#define __PIP_VERSION_STR__ \"${VERSION}${VERSION_SUFFIX}\"\n")
+set(_PIP_VERSION_CHANGED 0)
+if ((NOT _PIP_FULL_VERSION) OR (NOT "x${_PIP_FULL_VERSION}" STREQUAL "x${VERSION}${VERSION_SUFFIX}"))
+	set(_PIP_VERSION_CHANGED 1)
+	set(_PIP_FULL_VERSION "${VERSION}${VERSION_SUFFIX}" CACHE STRING "pip_full_version" FORCE)
+endif()
+#message("${_PIP_VERSION_CHANGED}")
+message(STATUS "Building PIP version ${_PIP_FULL_VERSION}")
+if (_PIP_VERSION_CHANGED)
+	file(WRITE "${PIP_SRC_MAIN}/pip_version_str.h" "// This file was generated by PIP CMake, don`t edit it!\n#define __PIP_VERSION_STR__ \"${_PIP_FULL_VERSION}\"\n")
+endif()
 
 
 # Sources
diff --git a/src_main/piversion.h b/src_main/piversion.h
index b5dc3ca9..d223d1b9 100644
--- a/src_main/piversion.h
+++ b/src_main/piversion.h
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 #define PIP_VERSION_MAJOR      1
 #define PIP_VERSION_MINOR      0
 #define PIP_VERSION_REVISION   0
-#define PIP_VERSION_SUFFIX     "_rc6"
+#define PIP_VERSION_SUFFIX     "_rc7"
 
 #endif // PIVERSION_H