diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 355a23a82..d2a9c1ec2 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Version 2.02.73 -
   Fix exported_symbols generation to use standard compiler arguments.
   Use #include <> not "" in lvm2app.h which gets installed on the system.
   Make liblvm.device-mapper wait for include file generation.
-  Drop explicit 'Base' version from exported symbols.
   Fix configure to supply DEFAULT_RUN_DIR to Makefiles.
   Fix wrong number of mirror log at allocate policy
 
diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index 7f743b38a..da16ffab1 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ distclean: cleandir $(SUBDIRS.distclean)
 	) > $@
 
 .export.sym: .exported_symbols_generated
-	set -e; (echo "{"; echo "	global:"; \
+	set -e; (echo "Base {"; echo "	global:"; \
 		 sed "s/^/		/;s/$$/;/" < $<; \
 		 echo "	local:"; echo "		*;"; echo "};") > $@