diff --git a/legacy/edje/ChangeLog b/legacy/edje/ChangeLog
index fc078dd461..664df41bd0 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/edje/ChangeLog
@@ -400,3 +400,9 @@
 2012-03-30  Jihoon Kim
 
 	* Fix number doesn't insert even though NUM LOCK is locked.
+
+2012-04-16  Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
+
+        * Add EDJE_VERSION_12 define so edc files can #ifdef compile
+        right.
+
diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc.c b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc.c
index adcbbb64b9..b564fe5f5d 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
    tmp_dir = getenv("TMPDIR");
 
    img_dirs = eina_list_append(img_dirs, ".");
+   
+   /* add defines to epp so edc files can detect edje_cc version */
+   defines = eina_list_append(defines, mem_strdup("-DEDJE_VERSION_12=12"));
 
    progname = argv[0];
    for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)