diff --git a/pkg/build.sh b/pkg/build.sh
index 239e63bd..6b23fc06 100755
--- a/pkg/build.sh
+++ b/pkg/build.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ cp ../opteadm/target/release/opteadm proto/opt/oxide/opte/bin/
 cp ../xde/target/x86_64-unknown-unknown/release/xde proto/kernel/drv/amd64/xde
 cp ../xde/xde.conf proto/kernel/drv/
 
+API_VSN=$(./print-api-version.sh)
+
 # create the package
 sed -e "s/%PUBLISHER%/$PUBLISHER/g" \
     -e "s/%COMMIT_COUNT%/$COMMIT_COUNT/g" \
+    -e "s/%API_VSN%/$API_VSN/g" \
     opte.template.p5m | pkgmogrify -v -O opte.base.p5m
 
 pkgdepend generate -d proto opte.base.p5m > opte.generate.p5m
@@ -32,4 +35,5 @@ pkgrepo create $REPO
 pkgrepo add-publisher -s $REPO $PUBLISHER
 
 pkgsend publish -d proto -s $REPO opte.final.p5m
-pkgrecv -a -d packages/repo/opte-0.1.$COMMIT_COUNT.p5p -s $REPO -v -m latest '*'
+pkgrecv -a -d packages/repo/opte-0.$API_VSN.$COMMIT_COUNT.p5p -s $REPO \
+	-v -m latest '*'
diff --git a/pkg/opte.template.p5m b/pkg/opte.template.p5m
index fc9c5824..1a3a9cba 100644
--- a/pkg/opte.template.p5m
+++ b/pkg/opte.template.p5m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <transform dir file link hardlink -> default variant.opensolaris.zone global>
 set name=pkg.fmri \
-    value=pkg://%PUBLISHER%/driver/network/opte@0.1.%COMMIT_COUNT%
+    value=pkg://%PUBLISHER%/driver/network/opte@0.%API_VSN%.%COMMIT_COUNT%
 set name=pkg.summary value="The Oxide Packet Transformation Engine"
 set name=info.classification \
     value=org.opensolaris.category.2008:Drivers/Networking
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ file path=kernel/drv/amd64/xde owner=root group=sys mode=0755 \
     pkg.depend.bypass-generate=.*dld.* \
     pkg.depend.bypass-generate=.*mac.*
 driver name=xde
-depend type=incorporate fmri=pkg:/driver/network/opte@0.1.%COMMIT_COUNT%
-depend type=require fmri=pkg:/driver/network/opte@0.1.%COMMIT_COUNT%
+depend type=incorporate fmri=pkg:/driver/network/opte@0.%API_VSN%.%COMMIT_COUNT%
+depend type=require fmri=pkg:/driver/network/opte@0.%API_VSN%.%COMMIT_COUNT%
diff --git a/pkg/print-api-version.sh b/pkg/print-api-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0e4e3be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/print-api-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This script assumes you are running it from the opte/pkg dir.
+
+grep 'API_VERSION' ../opte-api/src/lib.rs | awk '{ print $6 }' | sed 's/;//'