diff --git a/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/rules/snap/jami/snapcraft.yaml b/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/rules/snap/jami/snapcraft.yaml
index e188870c..c96e6c48 100644
--- a/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/rules/snap/jami/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/rules/snap/jami/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ parts:
       cmake .. -DENABLE_LIBWRAP=true \
                -DLIBJAMI_BUILD_DIR=$SNAPCRAFT_PART_BUILD/daemon/src \
                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-               -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+               -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+               -DBUILD_VERSION=BUILD_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER
       make -j$SNAPCRAFT_PARALLEL_BUILD_COUNT
       DESTDIR=$SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL make install
     build-packages:
diff --git a/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/scripts/build-package-snap.sh b/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/scripts/build-package-snap.sh
index a3b9fba2..6e498f2c 100755
--- a/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/scripts/build-package-snap.sh
+++ b/extras/packaging/gnu-linux/scripts/build-package-snap.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ cp -r extras/packaging/gnu-linux/rules/snap/${SNAP_PKG_NAME}/snapcraft.yaml .
 # set the version and tarball filename
 sed -i "s/RELEASE_VERSION/${RELEASE_VERSION}/g" snapcraft.yaml
 
+# set the build version of the app
+sed -i "s/BUILD_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER/${BUILD_VERSION}/g" snapcraft.yaml
+
 snapcraft # requires snapcraft >= 4.8
 
 # move the built snap to output