diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ea5e17e2..4bb6b2b9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ AC_SUBST([SPELLERVERSION], [0.1.1])
 AC_SUBST([GRAMCHECKVERSION], [0.1.0])
 
 ########## LANGUAGE SPECIFIC SETTINGS ##########
-# GLANG is the language code used to identify this project; it should be the
-# same as the directory name in $GIELLA_HOME/*langs/ and the same as the ISO 639
-# three-letter code for the language.
+# GLANG is the language code used to identify this project; it is the
+# ISO 639-3 three-letter code for the language.
+# It is also the second part of the repo name lang-XXX.
 # GTLANG is deprecated, defined for backwards compatibility.
 AC_SUBST([GLANG], [mhr])
 AC_SUBST([GTLANG], $GLANG)
@@ -72,6 +72,24 @@ AC_SUBST([GTLANG2], $GLANG2)
 AC_SUBST([GLANGUAGE], ["Eastern Mari"])
 AC_SUBST([GTLANGUAGE], $GLANGUAGE)
 
+### Speller release version (usually different from the package version,
+### typically spellers are released more often than the language package):
+### Translate the *_NAT placeholder contents into
+### the native language of this repo.
+### The AC variables SPELLER_NAME_xxx and SPELLER_DESC_xxx are used in:
+### - manifest.toml.in
+### - tools/spellcheckers/index.*.xml.in
+AC_SUBST([SPELLERVERSION], [0.1.0])
+AC_SUBST([SPELLER_NAME_ENG], ["$GLANGUAGE spellchecker"])
+AC_SUBST([SPELLER_NAME_NATIVE], ["Autonym spellchecker"])
+AC_SUBST([SPELLER_DESC_ENG], ["A spellchecker for $GLANGUAGE, made by members of the language community, and by the Divvun and Giellatekno groups at UiT The Arctic University of Norway"])
+AC_SUBST([SPELLER_DESC_NATIVE], ["TRANSLATE: A spellchecker for $GLANGUAGE, made by members of the language community, and by the Divvun and Giellatekno groups at UiT The Arctic University of Norway"])
+
+### Grammar checker release version (usually different from the package version,
+### typically grammar checkers are released more often than the language
+### package, and also different from the speller release version):
+AC_SUBST([GRAMCHECKVERSION], [0.1.0])
+
 # Alternate writing system(s) should be listed here using the ISO 15924 code.
 # Multiple alternate WS's should be space separated. For a list of such codes
 # see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_15924 and
diff --git a/manifest.toml.in b/manifest.toml.in
index 7b3fffb2..3f079a31 100644
--- a/manifest.toml.in
+++ b/manifest.toml.in
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 name = "Eastern Mari"
 version = "@SPELLERVERSION@"
 
+# Name of the speller package in various languages.
+# The default is English + autonym:
+[speller.name]
+en = "@SPELLER_NAME_ENG@"
+mhr = "@SPELLER_NAME_NATIVE@"
+
+# Description of the speller package in various languages.
+# The default is English + autonym:
+[speller.description]
+en = "@SPELLER_DESC_ENG@"
+mhr = "@SPELLER_DESC_NATIVE@"
+
 [macos]
 system_pkg_id = "no.divvun.MacDivvun.mhr"