diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 0f4c6a5..685d165 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.66
 
 * Fix $summary modification.
+* Strip leading [Vv]\.? from spec Version.
 
 1.65    2006-04-26
 
diff --git a/cpanspec b/cpanspec
index 2dca0a5..a6455c5 100755
--- a/cpanspec
+++ b/cpanspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 #
-# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.23 2006/05/04 16:18:17 stevenpritchard Exp $
+# $Id: cpanspec,v 1.24 2006/05/05 22:01:04 stevenpritchard Exp $
 
 our $NAME="cpanspec";
 our $VERSION='1.66';
@@ -782,9 +782,11 @@ for my $file (@ARGV) {
         }
     }
 
+    my $packageversion=$version;
+    $packageversion=~s/^v\.?(\d)/$1/i;
     print $spec <<END;
 Name:           $prefix$name
-Version:        $version
+Version:        $packageversion
 Release:        $release$disttag
 Summary:        $summary
 License:        $license
@@ -987,7 +989,7 @@ END
 \%{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 \%changelog
-* $date $packager $version-$release
+* $date $packager $packageversion-$release
 - Specfile autogenerated by $NAME $VERSION.
 END