diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 391d1d55db..66b5029b92 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Fri Apr 12 18:29:42 2013  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
+
+	* common.mk: version.o depends on $(srcdir)/include/ruby/version.h
+	  instead of {$(VPATH)}version.h to avoid confusion by VPATH between
+	  top level version.h and include/ruby/version.h for build in-place.
+	  [ruby-dev:47249] [Bug #8256]
+
 Fri Apr 12 15:21:24 2013  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* vm_insnhelper.c (vm_callee_setup_keyword_arg): non-symbol key is not
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 8221ed80e4..d996bc501d 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ variable.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}variable.c $(RUBY_H_INCLUDES) \
   {$(VPATH)}node.h {$(VPATH)}util.h {$(VPATH)}encoding.h \
   {$(VPATH)}oniguruma.h {$(VPATH)}internal.h {$(VPATH)}constant.h
 version.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}version.c $(RUBY_H_INCLUDES) \
-  {$(VPATH)}version.h $(srcdir)/version.h $(srcdir)/revision.h {$(VPATH)}config.h \
+  $(srcdir)/include/ruby/version.h $(srcdir)/version.h $(srcdir)/revision.h {$(VPATH)}config.h \
   verconf.h
 dmyversion.$(OBJEXT): {$(VPATH)}dmyversion.c version.$(OBJEXT)