diff --git a/conf/templates/fallback b/conf/templates/fallback
index d15023c..29d8888 100644
--- a/conf/templates/fallback
+++ b/conf/templates/fallback
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 ## this file was created by bee init and should be executed to build a
 ## bee-package. (Additional hints are located at the end of this file.)
 
+##########################
+## Set version information from within beefile by adding/uncommenting
+## these lines (requires bee >= 1.3):
+##
+## #@beepackage pkgname-version-revision
+## require_version 1.3
+
+##@beepackage @PKGALLPKG@
+#require_version 1.2.99
+
 ###############################################################################
 ## The source URL(s) define the location of the sources that will be
 ## downloaded. Version variables may be used to simplify reuse of this bee-file.
diff --git a/src/bee-init.sh.in b/src/bee-init.sh.in
index ac088c6..76d74e6 100644
--- a/src/bee-init.sh.in
+++ b/src/bee-init.sh.in
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ function initialize() {
             -i ${beefile}
     fi
 
+    sed -e "s,@PKGALLPKG@,${PKGALLPKG}," \
+        -i ${beefile}
+
     bee_versionify ${beefile}
 
     chmod 755 ${beefile}