diff --git a/util/mdgrep.h b/util/mdgrep.h
index deb917e11..335f018b1 100644
--- a/util/mdgrep.h
+++ b/util/mdgrep.h
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /*
- * NetHack 3.7  mdgrep.h  $NHDT-Date: 1693083351 2023/08/26 20:55:51 $ $NHDT-Branch: keni-crashweb2 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.24 $
+ * NetHack 3.7  mdgrep.h  $NHDT-Date: 1710949914 2024/03/20 15:51:54 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.20 $
  * Copyright (c) Kenneth Lorber, Kensington, Maryland, 2008
  * NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
  *
  * This file generated by mdgrep.pl version 1.24.
  * DO NOT EDIT!  Your changes will be lost.
  */
+
 static struct grep_var grep_vars[]={
 	{"0", 0},
 	{"1", 1},
@@ -29,11 +30,6 @@ static struct grep_var grep_vars[]={
 #else
 	{"ASCIIGRAPH", 0},
 #endif
-#if defined(BETA)
-	{"BETA", 1},
-#else
-	{"BETA", 0},
-#endif
 #if defined(BSD_JOB_CONTROL)
 	{"BSD_JOB_CONTROL", 1},
 #else
@@ -275,6 +271,22 @@ static struct grep_var grep_vars[]={
 	{"__BEOS__", 1},
 #else
 	{"__BEOS__", 0},
+#endif
+    {"NH_DEVEL_STATUS", NH_DEVEL_STATUS},
+#if (NH_DEVEL_STATUS == NH_STATUS_RELEASED)
+    {"DSNH_STATUS_RELEASED", 1},
+#else
+    {"DSNH_STATUS_RELEASED", 0},
+#endif
+#if (NH_DEVEL_STATUS == NH_STATUS_WIP)
+    {"DSNH_STATUS_WIP", 1},
+#else
+    {"DSNH_STATUS_WIP", 0},
+#endif
+#if (NH_DEVEL_STATUS == NH_STATUS_BETA)
+    {"DSNH_STATUS_BETA", 1},
+#else
+    {"DSNH_STATUS_BETA", 0},
 #endif
 	{0,0}
 };
diff --git a/util/mdgrep.pl b/util/mdgrep.pl
index 3e71300c9..785a2c185 100644
--- a/util/mdgrep.pl
+++ b/util/mdgrep.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!perl
-# NetHack 3.7  mdgrep.pl  $NHDT-Date: 1693083351 2023/08/26 20:55:51 $  $NHDT-Branch: keni-crashweb2 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.24 $
+# NetHack 3.7  mdgrep.pl  $NHDT-Date: 1710949914 2024/03/20 15:51:54 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.26 $
 # Copyright (c) Kenneth Lorber, Kensington, Maryland
 # NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
 
@@ -27,12 +27,17 @@
 /;
 
 # Miscellaneous
-@misc = qw/BETA CROSSCOMPILE/;
+@misc = qw/CROSSCOMPILE/;
 
 # Meta
 @meta = qw/ALLDOCS/;	# convention: use --grep-define ALLDOCS to notate
 			# items that are conditionally available
 
+# Special mappings (if key == value, define prefix_value, prefix is [0])
+$specials = {
+    NH_DEVEL_STATUS => [qw/DS NH_STATUS_RELEASED NH_STATUS_WIP NH_STATUS_BETA/]
+};
+
 # JUNK:
 # MICRO BSD __GNUC__ NHSTDC TERMLIB __linux__ LINUX WIN32CON NO_TERMS
 # ULTRIX_PROTO TERMINFO _DCC DISPMAP OPT_DISPMAP TARGET_API_MAC_CARBON
@@ -54,10 +59,10 @@
 
 $outfile = "mdgrep.h";
 sub start_file {
-	($rev) = ('$NHDT-Revision: 1.24 $') =~ m/: (.*) .$/;
-	my $date = '$NHDT-Date: 1693083351 2023/08/26 20:55:51 $';
-	my $branch = '$NHDT-Branch: keni-crashweb2 $';
-	my $revision = '$NHDT-Revision: 1.24 $';
+	($rev) = ('$NHDT-Revision: 1.26 $') =~ m/: (.*) .$/;
+	my $date = '$NHDT-Date: 1710949915 2024/03/20 15:51:55 $';
+	my $branch = '$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $';
+	my $revision = '$NHDT-Revision: 1.26 $';
 	open(OUT, ">$outfile") || die "open $outfile: $!";
 # NB: Date and Revision below will be modified when mdgrep.h is written to
 # git - this is correct (but it means you must commit changes to mdgrep.pl
@@ -71,6 +76,8 @@ sub start_file {
  * This file generated by mdgrep.pl version $rev.
  * DO NOT EDIT!  Your changes will be lost.
  */
+
+static struct grep_var grep_vars[]={
 E_O_M
 }
 
@@ -89,7 +96,6 @@ sub gen_magic {
 # NB: Do NOT make grep_vars const - it needs to be writable for some debugging
 # options.
 sub gen_file {
-	print OUT "static struct grep_var grep_vars[]={\n";
 	foreach(@_){
 		if(defined $magic{$_}){
 			print OUT <<E_O_M;
@@ -105,7 +111,6 @@ E_O_M
 #endif
 E_O_M
 	}
-	print OUT "\t{0,0}\n};\n";
 }
 
 sub gen_commands {
@@ -117,9 +122,31 @@ sub gen_commands {
 	print OUT "\n";
 }
 
+sub gen_specials {
+    my $in = $_[0];
+    foreach my $name (keys %$in){
+	my $list = %$in{$name};
+	my $prefix = shift @$list;
+	print OUT <<E_O_M;
+    {"$name", $name},
+E_O_M
+	foreach my $val (@$list){
+	    print OUT <<E_O_M;
+#if ($name == $val)
+    {"$prefix$val", 1},
+#else
+    {"$prefix$val", 0},
+#endif
+E_O_M
+	}
+    }
+}
+
 &start_file;
 &gen_magic(0, @const_false);
 &gen_magic(1, @const_true);
 &gen_file(sort(@os,@win,@feature,@misc,@meta,@const_false,@const_true));
+&gen_specials($specials);
+print OUT "\t{0,0}\n};\n";
 &gen_commands;
 &end_file;