diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9b403a3f9cf511709add389eca524182fe554786..aee4ddbf69a5e72e79d5415706e3ac4473d845d9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ MAJOR = 1
 MINOR = 0
 PATCH = 0
 SUFFIX = ''
-if PATCH:
+if PATCH != '':
     SHORT_VERSION = '{}.{}.{}{}'.format(MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH, SUFFIX)
 else:
     SHORT_VERSION = '{}.{}{}'.format(MAJOR, MINOR, SUFFIX)