diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a934c886c..bb9565cb6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ VERSION_MAJOR = 3
 VERSION_MINOR = 7
 PATCHLEVEL = 1
 VERSION_TWEAK = 0
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = dev