diff --git a/contrib/sssd.spec.in b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
index 6dd1e4bf995..bf1912572ad 100644
--- a/contrib/sssd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
 # against, or newer
 %global samba_package_version %(rpm -q samba-devel --queryformat %{version})
 
+%if "%{?samba_package_version}" == ""
+%global samba_package_version 4.19
+%endif
+
 Name: @PACKAGE_NAME@
-Version: %(echo "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" | sed 's/-/~/g')
+Version: %{gsub @PACKAGE_VERSION@ - ~}
 Release: 0@PRERELEASE_VERSION@%{?dist}
 Summary: System Security Services Daemon
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later