diff --git a/META b/META
index 5f82f03569..f0ef3487e1 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-Meta:         1
-Name:         zfs
-Branch:       1.0
-Version:      0.7.0
-Release:      1
-Release-Tags: relext
-License:      CDDL
-Author:       OpenZFS on Linux
+Meta:          1
+Name:          zfs
+Branch:        1.0
+Version:       0.7.0
+Release:       1
+Release-Tags:  relext
+License:       CDDL
+Author:        OpenZFS on Linux
+Linux-Maximum: 4.16
+Linux-Minimum: 2.6.32
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49b3bfe462..59d167f8ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ We have a separate document with [contribution guidelines](./.github/CONTRIBUTIN
 
 ZFS on Linux is released under a CDDL license.  
 For more details see the NOTICE, LICENSE and COPYRIGHT files; `UCRL-CODE-235197`
+
+# Supported Kernels
+  * The `META` file contains the officially recognized supported kernel versions.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e171e785f6..8e360f46e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
  * CDDL HEADER END
  */
 
-AC_INIT(m4_esyscmd(grep Name META | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d ' \n'),
-	m4_esyscmd(grep Version META | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d ' \n'))
+AC_INIT(m4_esyscmd(grep ^Name: META | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d ' \n'),
+	m4_esyscmd(grep ^Version: META | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr -d ' \n'))
 AC_LANG(C)
 ZFS_AC_META
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])