diff --git a/post-processor/alicloud-import/version/version.go b/post-processor/alicloud-import/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85d0e8857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/alicloud-import/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var AlicloudImportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	AlicloudImportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/amazon-import/version/version.go b/post-processor/amazon-import/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e380c7ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/amazon-import/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var AmazonImportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	AmazonImportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/artifice/version/version.go b/post-processor/artifice/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..898bb9be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/artifice/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var ArtificePluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	ArtificePluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/checksum/version/version.go b/post-processor/checksum/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf70d50ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/checksum/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var ChecksumPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	ChecksumPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/compress/version/version.go b/post-processor/compress/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..545395816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/compress/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var CompressPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	CompressPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/digitalocean-import/version/version.go b/post-processor/digitalocean-import/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afb79416d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/digitalocean-import/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var DigitalOceanImportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	DigitalOceanImportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/docker-import/version/version.go b/post-processor/docker-import/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36e14c2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/docker-import/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var DockerImportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	DockerImportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/docker-push/version/version.go b/post-processor/docker-push/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d1b70054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/docker-push/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var DockerPushPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	DockerPushPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/docker-save/version/version.go b/post-processor/docker-save/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e838fb127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/docker-save/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var DockerSavePluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	DockerSavePluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/docker-tag/version/version.go b/post-processor/docker-tag/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1a1cf73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/docker-tag/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var DockerTagPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	DockerTagPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/googlecompute-export/version/version.go b/post-processor/googlecompute-export/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03abec519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/googlecompute-export/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var GCPExportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	GCPExportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/googlecompute-import/version/version.go b/post-processor/googlecompute-import/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0c79d6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/googlecompute-import/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var GCPImportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	GCPImportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/manifest/version/version.go b/post-processor/manifest/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b9275284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/manifest/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var ManifestPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	ManifestPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/shell-local/version/version.go b/post-processor/shell-local/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..554f136a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/shell-local/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var ShellLocalPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	ShellLocalPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/ucloud-import/version/version.go b/post-processor/ucloud-import/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f6a8f96b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/ucloud-import/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var UCloudImportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	UCloudImportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/version/version.go b/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56aa23f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var VagrantCloudPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	VagrantCloudPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/vagrant/version/version.go b/post-processor/vagrant/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..272c46413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/vagrant/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var VagrantPostprocessorVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	VagrantPostprocessorVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/vsphere-template/version/version.go b/post-processor/vsphere-template/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec67a6742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/vsphere-template/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var VSphereTemplatePostprocessorVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	VSphereTemplatePostprocessorVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/vsphere/version/version.go b/post-processor/vsphere/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc1906982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/vsphere/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var VSpherePostprocessorVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	VSpherePostprocessorVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/yandex-export/version/version.go b/post-processor/yandex-export/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc180ee0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/yandex-export/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var YandexExportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	YandexExportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}
diff --git a/post-processor/yandex-import/version/version.go b/post-processor/yandex-import/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03dce1e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-processor/yandex-import/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var YandexImportPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	YandexImportPluginVersion = version.InitializePluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease)
+}