diff --git a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py
index fccdd58817..1e0a1166d6 100644
--- a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py
+++ b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@
         'SOURCE_%s' % suffix: ('%(name)s-%(version)s.' + ext, "Source .%s bundle" % ext),
         'SOURCELOWER_%s' % suffix: ('%(namelower)s-%(version)s.' + ext, "Source .%s bundle with lowercase name" % ext),
     })
+    TEMPLATE_CONSTANTS.update({
+        'VERSION_%s' % suffix: ('%(version)s.' + ext, "Source filename <version>.%s common at GitHub" % ext),
+        'VVERSION_%s' % suffix: ('v%(version)s.' + ext, "Source filename v<version>.%s common at GitHub" % ext),
+    })
+
 for pyver in ('py2.py3', 'py2', 'py3'):
     if pyver == 'py2.py3':
         desc = 'Python 2 & Python 3'