diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg b/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
index 9af455af8..6fc6e40ea 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ nocppval
 #endif
 %enddef
 
-/* insert the SWIG_VERSION in the code */
+/* insert the SWIGVERSION in the interface and the wrapper code */
 #if SWIG_VERSION
+#define SWIGVERSION SWIG_VERSION
 %insert("header") {
   %define_as(SWIGVERSION,  SWIG_VERSION)
 }