diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
index 6ac2e0f50e85bd7c04d57dc6dac3ceeed6187cc7..35ddd8529b9fe867986a1a27bbb8547778c9f441 100644
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-sles10.target.in
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 lnxmaj="2.6.16"
 lnxrel="54-0.2.5"
 
+# this is the delimeter that goes between $lnxmaj and $lnxrel
+# defaults to "-"
 EXTRA_VERSION_DELIMITER="."
 
+# this is the delimeter that goes before the "smp" at the end of the version
+# defaults to empty
+TARGET_DELIMITER="-"
+
 KERNEL=linux-$lnxmaj.$lnxrel.tar.bz2
 SERIES=2.6-sles10.series
 VERSION=$lnxmaj