diff --git a/setup_support.py b/setup_support.py
index 0b21522e0d..0964f70bc2 100644
--- a/setup_support.py
+++ b/setup_support.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def run(self):
                 cmdname = "{0}{1}".format(
                     'datalad ' if cmdname != 'datalad' else '',
                     cmdname)
-                format = cls(cmdname, ext_sections=sections, version=get_version())
+                format = cls(cmdname, ext_sections=sections, version=get_version(appname))
                 formatted = format.format_man_page(p)
                 with open(opj(opath, '{0}.{1}'.format(
                         cmdname.replace(' ', '-'),