diff --git a/cmd/helm/create.go b/cmd/helm/create.go
index c99353dc2..556ff171d 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/create.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/create.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func (c *createCmd) run() error {
 		Name:        chartname,
 		Description: "A Helm chart for Kubernetes",
 		Version:     "0.1.0",
+		AppVersion:  "1.0",
 		ApiVersion:  chartutil.ApiVersionV1,
 	}