diff --git a/cmd/hare/build.ha b/cmd/hare/build.ha
index b2ac6518..417b46c6 100644
--- a/cmd/hare/build.ha
+++ b/cmd/hare/build.ha
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn build(name: str, cmd: *getopt::command) (void | error) = {
 		case let ncpu: size =>
 			yield ncpu;
 		},
-		version = build::get_version(os::tryenv("HAREC", "harec"))?,
+		version = build::get_version(os::tryenv("HAREC", "@harec@"))?,
 		arch = arch.qbe_name,
 		platform = build::get_platform(os::sysname())?,
 		...
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ fn build(name: str, cmd: *getopt::command) (void | error) = {
 	set_arch_tags(&ctx.ctx.tags, arch);
 
 	ctx.cmds = ["",
-		os::tryenv("HAREC", "harec"),
-		os::tryenv("QBE", "qbe"),
+		os::tryenv("HAREC", "@harec@"),
+		os::tryenv("QBE", "@qbe@"),
 		os::tryenv("AS", arch.as_cmd),
 		os::tryenv("LD", arch.ld_cmd),
 	];