diff --git a/scripts/update-version b/scripts/update-version
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d35df238d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-version
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Update the version number in SCST source files.
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <major> <minor> <release> [<suffix>]"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if [ $# != 3 -a $# != 4 ]; then
+   usage
+fi
+
+major=$1
+minor=$2
+release=$3
+suffix=$4
+fv=$major.$minor.$release$suffix
+reldate=$(date "+%d %B %Y")
+
+sed -i "s,^\(#define[[:blank:]]*\(FT_VERSION\|ISCSI_VERSION_STRING\|Q2T_VERSION_STRING\|SCST_LOCAL_VERSION\|SCST_VERSION_NAME\|DRV_VERSION\|VERSION_STR\)[[:blank:]]*\)\"[^\"]*\",\1\"$major.$minor.$release$suffix\"," scst_local/scst_local.c srpt/src/ib_srpt.c fcst/fcst.h iscsi-scst/include/iscsi_scst_ver.h qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/qla2x00t.h scst/include/scst_const.h
+sed -i "s,^\(<date>Version[[:blank:]]*\)[^[:blank:]]*\(</date>\),\1$fv\2," doc/scst_user_spec.sgml
+sed -i "s/^Version .*/Version $fv, $reldate/" iscsi-scst/README qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/README scst/README usr/fileio/README
+sed -i "s/^\(\(static const char \*scst_local_version_date\|#define[[:blank:]]*DRV_RELDATE\)[[:blank:]]*\)\"[^\"]*\"/\1\"$reldate\"/" scst_local/scst_local.c srpt/src/ib_srpt.c
+sed -i "s/^\(#define[[:blank:]]*[^[:blank:]]*_REV[[:blank:]]*\)\"[[:blank:]0-9]*\"/\1\"$(printf "%2d%d%d" $major $minor $release)\"/" usr/fileio/common.h scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
+sed -i "s/^\(#define[[:blank:]]*SCST_VERSION_CODE[[:blank:]]*\).*/\1SCST_VERSION($major, $minor, $release, 0)/" scst/include/scst.h
+sed -i "s/^\(#define[[:blank:]]*Q2T_VERSION_CODE[[:blank:]]*\).*/\1Q2T_VERSION($major, $minor, $release, 0)/" qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/qla2x00t.h
+sed -i "s/^\(.Version[[:blank:]]*=[[:blank:]]*'SCST Configurator v\)[0-9.]*/\1$fv/" scstadmin/scstadmin.sysfs/scstadmin