diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5e6b0a1..1b9159f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ RUN cd ./share/lib/ && \
 #
 RUN cd ./share && \
   zip --symlinks -r libvips.zip .
+
+# Store the VIPS_VERSION variable in a file, accessible to the deploy script.
+#
+RUN echo VIPS_VERSION=$VIPS_VERSION >> $WORKDIR/share/.env
diff --git a/bin/build b/bin/build
index df882b1..ab1d083 100755
--- a/bin/build
+++ b/bin/build
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ docker build \
 docker run --rm \
   -v "${PWD}/share:/share" \
   $IMAGE_NAME \
-  sh -c "cp /build/share/libvips.zip /share"
+  sh -c "cp /build/share/{libvips.zip,.env} /share"
diff --git a/bin/deploy b/bin/deploy
index 5a506ab..27cec61 100755
--- a/bin/deploy
+++ b/bin/deploy
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ set -e
 
 ./bin/build
 
+. ./share/.env
+
+LAYER_NAME="rubyvips${VIPS_VERSION//./}"
+
 aws lambda publish-layer-version \
-  --layer-name "rubyvips891" \
+  --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
   --description "Libvips for Ruby FFI." \
   --zip-file "fileb://$(pwd)/share/libvips.zip"