diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ff10b482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/configure.in ident
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e3fe17ff3c..ffcaf2e31c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dnl ================================================================
 dnl Configure.in for OpenLDAP
 AC_COPYRIGHT([[Copyright 1998-2011 The OpenLDAP Foundation. All rights reserved.
 Restrictions apply, see COPYRIGHT and LICENSE files.]])
-AC_REVISION([$OpenLDAP$])
+AC_REVISION([$Id$])
 AC_INIT([OpenLDAP],,[http://www.openldap.org/its/])
 m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT],[<http://www.openldap.org/its/>])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(build/version.sh)dnl