diff --git a/components/version/version.hpp.cmake b/components/version/version.hpp.cmake
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+#ifndef VERSION_HPP
+#define VERSION_HPP
+
+#define OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR @OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR @OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE @OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE@
+#define OPENMW_VERSION "@OPENMW_VERSION@"
+
+#define OPENMW_VERSION_COMMIT "@OPENMW_VERSION_COMMIT@"
+
+#endif // VERSION_HPP
+