diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3c870fc..752de2e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ subdir('src')
 
 executable('espeakup',
            espeakup_sources,
+           espeakup_version,
            include_directories : espeakup_incdir,
            dependencies : [thread_dep, espeak_dep, alsa_dep, m_dep],
            install : true)
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index b8a6543..280b507 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "espeakup.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 /* pid path */
 extern char *pidPath;
diff --git a/src/include/espeakup.h b/src/include/espeakup.h
index 9518c6d..d6daaf0 100644
--- a/src/include/espeakup.h
+++ b/src/include/espeakup.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "queue.h"
 
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.81"
 #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/linux-speakup/espeakup/issues"
 
 enum espeakup_mode_t {
diff --git a/src/include/meson.build b/src/include/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d65414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+espeakup_version = vcs_tag(input : 'version.h.in',
+        output : 'version.h')
diff --git a/src/include/version.h.in b/src/include/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c0038e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *  espeakup - interface which allows speakup to use espeak
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 William Hubbs
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __VERSION_H
+#define __VERSION_H
+
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "@VCS_TAG@"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index f3de06b..e90332e 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 espeakup_incdir = include_directories('include')
+
+subdir('include')
+
 espeakup_sources = files([
         'cli.c',
         'espeak.c',