1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b81a7809a..696d94886 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ our $interactive = !(
 	defined $opt_uid
 );
 
-my %version = get_version();
+my %version = get_version $opt_distribution_label;
 print_format "<|BOLD Configuring InspIRCd $version{FULL} on $^O.|>\n";
 
 our %config;
@@ -188,12 +188,6 @@ if (defined $opt_socketengine) {
 	}
 }
 
-# If the user has specified a distribution label then we use it in
-# place of the label from src/version.sh or Git.
-if (defined $opt_distribution_label) {
-	$version{LABEL} = $opt_distribution_label;
-}
-
 if (defined $opt_system) {
 	$config{BASE_DIR}   = $opt_prefix     // '/var/lib/inspircd';
 	$config{BINARY_DIR} = $opt_binary_dir // '/usr/sbin';
@@ -310,6 +304,9 @@ if (<src/modules/m_ssl_*.cpp> && prompt_bool $interactive, 'Would you like to ge
 	system './tools/genssl', 'auto';
 }
 
+# Cache the distribution label so that its not lost when --update is run.
+$config{DISTRIBUTION} = $opt_distribution_label if $opt_distribution_label;
+
 write_configure_cache %config;
 parse_templates \%config, \%compiler, \%version;