diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg b/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
index b7b4770ae..e00a69b27 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/typemaps/swigmacros.swg
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ nocppval
 #if SWIG_VERSION
 %insert("header") {
 %define_as(SWIGVERSION,  SWIG_VERSION)
+%#define SWIG_VERSION SWIGVERSION
 }
 #endif