diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 8471658..40c91bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 	# Part 2 of the header, from the old setup.S
 
 		.ascii	"HdrS"		# header signature
-		.word	0x0207		# header version number (>= 0x0105)
+		.word	0x0208		# header version number (>= 0x0105)
 					# or else old loadlin-1.5 will fail)
 		.globl realmode_swtch
 realmode_swtch:	.word	0, 0		# default_switch, SETUPSEG