diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 1a80bac04..a4063640c 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Features:
  * AST: Use deterministic node identifiers.
+ * Metadata: Do not include platform in the version number.
 
 ### 0.4.8 (2017-01-13)
 
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
index a31df5846..08b217155 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ string CompilerStack::createOnChainMetadata(Contract const& _contract) const
 	Json::Value meta;
 	meta["version"] = 1;
 	meta["language"] = "Solidity";
-	meta["compiler"]["version"] = VersionString;
+	meta["compiler"]["version"] = VersionStringStrict;
 
 	meta["sources"] = Json::objectValue;
 	for (auto const& s: m_sources)
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/Version.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/Version.cpp
index ff66f0398..30923fc25 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/Version.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/Version.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ string const dev::solidity::VersionString =
 	(string(SOL_VERSION_PRERELEASE).empty() ? "" : "-" + string(SOL_VERSION_PRERELEASE)) +
 	(string(SOL_VERSION_BUILDINFO).empty() ? "" : "+" + string(SOL_VERSION_BUILDINFO));
 
+string const dev::solidity::VersionStringStrict =
+	string(dev::solidity::VersionNumber) +
+	(string(SOL_VERSION_PRERELEASE).empty() ? "" : "-" + string(SOL_VERSION_PRERELEASE));
 
 bytes dev::solidity::binaryVersion()
 {
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/Version.h b/libsolidity/interface/Version.h
index 5b07b3f42..24c3555d5 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/Version.h
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/Version.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace solidity
 
 extern char const* VersionNumber;
 extern std::string const VersionString;
+extern std::string const VersionStringStrict;
 
 /// @returns a binary form of the version string, where A.B.C-HASH is encoded such that
 /// the first byte is zero, the following three bytes encode A B and C (interpreted as decimals)