diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
index 95ff05d7f6f0f52110271fdcc0f7aec995a7b1ad..c63e147b480f3bff268952e93052394f88937e01 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ AX_PYTHON_PYLAL()
 AC_SUBST([MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION], [0.7.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GSTLAL], [gstlal >= ${MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION}])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION], [`$PKG_CONFIG --modversion gstlal`])
+AX_GSTLAL_SPLIT_VERSION([GSTLAL_VERSION])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_MAJOR])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_MINOR])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_POINT])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_LIBS])
 
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac b/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac
index ece28580dbabf65197e54a830a35f5d75999a3bf..264d18d36f8929fb7c97cc3092ce0c2dacd2ac49 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ AC_SUBST([MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION], [0.7.0])
 AC_SUBST([MIN_GSTLALUGLY_VERSION], [0.6.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GSTLAL], [gstlal >= ${MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION}])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION], [`$PKG_CONFIG --modversion gstlal`])
+AX_GSTLAL_SPLIT_VERSION([GSTLAL_VERSION])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_MAJOR])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_MINOR])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_POINT])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_LIBS])
 
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac b/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
index 7e32886c50b6ae0267d57287e06c44b25dac7d41..950a5db04003f51df93d37aab08b3354f44b8407 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ AX_PYTHON_PYLAL()
 AC_SUBST([MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION], [0.7.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GSTLAL], [gstlal >= ${MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION}])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION], [`$PKG_CONFIG --modversion gstlal`])
+AX_GSTLAL_SPLIT_VERSION([GSTLAL_VERSION])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_MAJOR])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_MINOR])
+AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_VERSION_POINT])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([GSTLAL_LIBS])