diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
index 90e398aa259796986d32e97d9366bbdac53f7510..3117b85b38106ed2323203c8f8258062dece0ae7 100644
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 lnxmaj="2.6.16"
 lnxrel="53-0.8"
 
+EXTRA_VERSION_DELIMITER="."
+
 KERNEL=linux-$lnxmaj.$lnxrel.tar.bz2
 SERIES=2.6-sles10.series
 VERSION=$lnxmaj