diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile
index 12a96280..e00de9ae 100644
--- a/man/Makefile
+++ b/man/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 ROOT=..
 include ${ROOT}/mk/hdr.mk
+include ${ROOT}/mk/wmii.mk
 
 TARG =	wmii.1	   \
 	wmiiloop.1 \
 	wmiir.1
 
-FILTER = sed "s|CONFPREFIX|${ETC}|g; \
-	      s|CONFVERSION|${CONFVERSION}|g; \
-	      s|P9PATHS|${P9PATHS}|g; \
-	      s|AWKPATH|${AWKPATH}|g"
+$(TARG): Makefile $(ROOT)/mk/wmii.mk
+
+FILTER = sed "s|CONFPREFIX|$(ETC)|g; \
+	      s|CONFVERSION|$(CONFVERSION)|g; \
+	      s|P9PATHS|$(P9PATHS)|g; \
+	      s|AWKPATH|$(AWKPATH)|g; \
+	      s|VERSION|$(VERSION)|g"
 
 include ${ROOT}/mk/man.mk
 
diff --git a/mk/hdr.mk b/mk/hdr.mk
index d3b866cb..728c2212 100644
--- a/mk/hdr.mk
+++ b/mk/hdr.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MKCFG!=${MKCFGSH}
 include $(MKCFG)
 
 .SILENT:
-.SUFFIXES: .O .o .o_pic .c .sh .rc .$(SOEXT) .awk .1 .depend .install .uninstall .clean
+.SUFFIXES: .O .o .o_pic .c .sh .rc .$(SOEXT) .awk .1 .man1 .depend .install .uninstall .clean
 all:
 
 .c.depend:
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ all:
 
 .c.o:
 	$(COMPILE) $@ $<
-
 .c.o_pic:
 	$(COMPILEPIC) $@ $<
 
 .o.O:
 	$(LINK) $@ $<
-
 .c.O:
 	$(COMPILE) ${<:.c=.o} $<
 	$(LINK) $@ ${<:.c=.o}
@@ -48,6 +46,9 @@ all:
 	echo FILTER $(BASE)$<
 	$(FILTER) $< >$@
 	chmod 0755 $@
+.1.man1:
+	echo FILTER $(BASE)$<
+	$(FILTER) $< >$@
 
 .O.install:
 	echo INSTALL $$($(CLEANNAME) $(BASE)$*)
@@ -73,11 +74,14 @@ all:
 	echo UNINSTALL $$($(CLEANNAME) $(BASE)$<)
 	rm -f $(INCLUDE)/$<
 
-.1.install:
-	echo INSTALL man $$($(CLEANNAME) $*'(1)')
-	$(FILTER) $< >$(MAN)/man1/$<
-	chmod 0644 $(MAN)/man1/$<
-.1.uninstall:
+.man1.install:
+	set -e; \
+	man=$(<:$*.man%=%); \
+	path="$(MAN)/man$$man/$*.$$man"; \
+	echo INSTALL man $$($(CLEANNAME) "$(BASE)/$*($$man)"); \
+	cp "$<" "$$path"; \
+	chmod 0644 "$$path"
+.man1.uninstall:
 	echo UNINSTALL man $$($(CLEANNAME) $*'(1)')
 	rm -f $(MAN)/man1/$<
 
diff --git a/mk/man.mk b/mk/man.mk
index 4f699a01..e694970c 100644
--- a/mk/man.mk
+++ b/mk/man.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+OFILES=$(TARG:.1=.man1)
+
+all: $(OFILES)
 install: ${TARG:.1=.install}
 uninstall: ${TARG:.1=.uninstall}
 
diff --git a/mk/wmii.mk b/mk/wmii.mk
index 9fef6a46..0b28f449 100644
--- a/mk/wmii.mk
+++ b/mk/wmii.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 VERSION = $$(hg tip --template 'hg{rev}' 2>/dev/null)
+VERSION := $(shell hg tip --template 'hg{rev}' 2>/dev/null)
+VERSION != hg tip --template 'hg{rev}' 2>/dev/null
 CONFVERSION = 3.5