diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index 58eaaa1c0c..deda917692 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # All other places this is stored (eg. compile.h) should be autogenerated.
 export XEN_VERSION       = 2
 export XEN_SUBVERSION    = 0
-export XEN_EXTRAVERSION  = "-beta"
+export XEN_EXTRAVERSION  = "-rc"
 
 export BASEDIR          := $(shell pwd)