diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 32e443b0..679fb6bd 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test: fmtcheck
 		xargs -t -n4 go test $(TESTARGS) -timeout=30s -parallel=4
 
 testacc: fmtcheck
-	TF_ACC=1 TF_SCHEMA_PANIC_ON_ERROR=1 go test $(TEST) -v $(TESTARGS) -timeout 120m
+	TF_ACC=1 TF_SCHEMA_PANIC_ON_ERROR=1 go test $(TEST) -v $(TESTARGS) -timeout 120m -ldflags="-X=github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-google/version.ProviderVersion=acc"
 
 vet:
 	@echo "go vet ."
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2d946a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package version
+
+var (
+	// ProviderVersion is set during the release process to the release version of the binary
+	ProviderVersion = "dev"
+)