diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51822ef34d..a128284011 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ out/minikube_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_REVISION)_%.deb: out/minikube-linux-%
 	cp -r installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/* $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/
 	chmod 0755 $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN
 	sed -E -i 's/--VERSION--/'$(DEB_VERSION)'/g' $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN/control
+	sed -E -i 's/--REVISION--/'$(DEB_REVISION)'/g' $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN/control
 	sed -E -i 's/--ARCH--/'$*'/g' $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN/control
   
 	if [ "$*" = "amd64" ]; then \
@@ -530,6 +531,7 @@ out/minikube-$(RPM_VERSION)-0.%.rpm: out/minikube-linux-%
 	$(eval RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*=$(shell mktemp -d --suffix ".minikube_$(RPM_VERSION)-$*-rpm"))
 	cp -r installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/* $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/
 	sed -E -i 's/--VERSION--/'$(RPM_VERSION)'/g' $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
+	sed -E -i 's/--REVISION--/'$(RPM_REVISION)'/g' $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
 	sed -E -i 's|--OUT--|'$(PWD)/out'|g' $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
 	rpmbuild -bb -D "_rpmdir $(PWD)/out" --target $* \
 		 $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
diff --git a/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control b/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
index 3b29fe8094..50c034564c 100644
--- a/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: minikube
-Version: --VERSION--
+Version: --VERSION-----REVISION--
 Section: base
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: --ARCH--
diff --git a/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec b/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec
index 01868349ed..bed06d212b 100644
--- a/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec
+++ b/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: minikube
 Version: --VERSION--
-Release: 0
+Release: --REVISION--
 Summary: Run Kubernetes locally
 License: ASL 2.0
 Group: Development/Tools