diff --git a/curl-config.in b/curl-config.in
index 27b9f7ffe..023280303 100644
--- a/curl-config.in
+++ b/curl-config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2001 - 2010, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 2001 - 2011, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 	;;
 
     --version)
-	echo libcurl @VERSION@
+	echo libcurl @CURLVERSION@
 	exit 0
 	;;
 
diff --git a/tests/libtest/test1022.pl b/tests/libtest/test1022.pl
index 60eee384c..7fac00e7a 100755
--- a/tests/libtest/test1022.pl
+++ b/tests/libtest/test1022.pl
@@ -22,14 +22,23 @@ my $curlconfigversion;
 open(CURLCONFIG, "sh $ARGV[0] --$what|") || die "Can't get curl-config --$what list\n";
 $_ = <CURLCONFIG>;
 chomp;
+my $filever=$_;
 if ( $what eq "version" ) {
-    /^libcurl ([\.\d]+(-DEV)?)$/ ;
-    $curlconfigversion = $1;
+    if($filever =~ /^libcurl ([\.\d]+(-DEV)?)$/) {
+        $curlconfigversion = $1;
+    }
+    else {
+        $curlconfigversion = "illegal value";
+    }
 }
 else {
     # Convert hex version to decimal for comparison's sake
-    /^(..)(..)(..)$/ ;
-    $curlconfigversion = hex($1) . "." . hex($2) . "." . hex($3);
+    if($filever =~ /^(..)(..)(..)$/) {
+        $curlconfigversion = hex($1) . "." . hex($2) . "." . hex($3);
+    }
+    else {
+        $curlconfigversion = "illegal value";
+    }
 
     # Strip off the -DEV from the curl version if it's there
     $version =~ s/-DEV$//;