diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dfb56dc359..f25adf58e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ apps/wizard/ui_intropage.h
 apps/wizard/ui_languageselectionpage.h
 apps/wizard/ui_methodselectionpage.h
 components/ui_contentselector.h
-components/version/version.cpp
 docs/mainpage.hpp
 docs/Doxyfile
 docs/DoxyfilePages
diff --git a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
index 8586f490e8..20bd62d145 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ if(APPLE AND BUILD_OPENCS)
         MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources/resources)
     set_source_files_properties(${OPENCS_OPENMW_CFG} PROPERTIES
         MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources)
+
+    add_custom_command(TARGET openmw-cs
+        POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND cp "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/resources/version" "${OPENCS_BUNDLE_RESOURCES_DIR}/resources")
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(openmw-cs-lib
diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index ec9636fde1..3df00f1be0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ if(APPLE)
     configure_file("${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/openmw.cfg" ${BUNDLE_RESOURCES_DIR} COPYONLY)
     configure_file("${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/gamecontrollerdb.txt" ${BUNDLE_RESOURCES_DIR} COPYONLY)
 
+    add_custom_command(TARGET openmw
+        POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND cp "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/resources/version" "${BUNDLE_RESOURCES_DIR}/resources")
+
     find_library(COCOA_FRAMEWORK Cocoa)
     find_library(IOKIT_FRAMEWORK IOKit)
     target_link_libraries(openmw ${COCOA_FRAMEWORK} ${IOKIT_FRAMEWORK})
diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 1d3232290d..3e7f151fad 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ void OMW::Engine::addArchive(const std::string& archive)
 void OMW::Engine::setResourceDir(const std::filesystem::path& parResDir)
 {
     mResDir = parResDir;
+    if (!Version::checkResourcesVersion(mResDir))
+        Log(Debug::Error) << "Resources dir " << mResDir
+                          << " doesn't match OpenMW binary, the game may work incorrectly.";
 }
 
 // Set start cell name
diff --git a/cmake/GitVersion.cmake b/cmake/GitVersion.cmake
index a4816a53b6..a77b0d5b0a 100644
--- a/cmake/GitVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GitVersion.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 execute_process (
     COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list --tags --max-count=1
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}
     RESULT_VARIABLE EXITCODE1
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE TAGHASH
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ execute_process (
 
 execute_process (
     COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse HEAD
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}
     RESULT_VARIABLE EXITCODE2
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMMITHASH
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ endif ()
 
 include(${MACROSFILE})
 
-configure_file(${VERSION_IN_FILE} ${VERSION_FILE})
+configure_resource_file(${VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_IN} ${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR} ${VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_RELATIVE})
+configure_file("${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}.in" "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}")
diff --git a/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake b/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake
index 2762b8ff72..0561fcefd7 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@ macro (add_component_dir dir)
             list (APPEND cppfiles "${f}")
         endforeach (f)
 
-        if (u MATCHES ".*[ch]pp")
-            list (APPEND files "${dir}/${u}")
-            list (APPEND COMPONENT_FILES "${dir}/${u}")
-        endif()
-        if (u MATCHES ".*cpp")
-            list (APPEND cppfiles "${dir}/${u}")
-        endif()
     endforeach (u)
 
     if (OPENMW_UNITY_BUILD)
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index d519c1cd92..71e508e882 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ if(APPLE)
 endif(APPLE)
 
 # Version file
-set (VERSION_IN_FILE "${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/components/version/version.cpp.in")
-set (VERSION_FILE "${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/components/version/version.cpp")
+set (VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_IN "${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/files/version.in")
+set (VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_RELATIVE "resources/version")
+set (VERSION_CPP_FILE "components/version/version.cpp")
+
 if (GIT_CHECKOUT)
     get_generator_is_multi_config(multi_config)
     add_custom_command (
-       OUTPUT ${VERSION_FILE}
-       DEPENDS ${VERSION_IN_FILE}
+       OUTPUT "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}"
+       DEPENDS "${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}.in"
        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
             -DGIT_EXECUTABLE=${GIT_EXECUTABLE}
-            -DPROJECT_SOURCE_DIR=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-            -DVERSION_IN_FILE=${VERSION_IN_FILE}
-            -DVERSION_FILE=${VERSION_FILE}
+            -DOpenMW_SOURCE_DIR=${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}
+            -DOpenMW_BINARY_DIR=${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}
+            -DVERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_IN=${VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_IN}
+            -DVERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_RELATIVE=${VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_RELATIVE}
+            -DVERSION_CPP_FILE=${VERSION_CPP_FILE}
             -DOPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR=${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}
             -DOPENMW_VERSION_MINOR=${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}
             -DOPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE=${OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE}
@@ -29,9 +33,12 @@ if (GIT_CHECKOUT)
             -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake/GitVersion.cmake
             VERBATIM)
 else (GIT_CHECKOUT)
-    configure_file(${VERSION_IN_FILE} ${VERSION_FILE})
+    configure_resource_file(${VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_IN} ${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR} ${VERSION_RESOURCE_FILE_RELATIVE})
+    configure_file("${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}.in" "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}")
 endif (GIT_CHECKOUT)
 
+list (APPEND COMPONENT_FILES "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}")
+
 # source files
 
 add_component_dir (lua
@@ -312,7 +319,6 @@ add_component_dir (sdlutil
 
 add_component_dir (version
     version
-    version.cpp
     )
 
 add_component_dir (fallback
diff --git a/components/version/version.cpp.in b/components/version/version.cpp.in
index f2748b9186..d95e47cbd6 100644
--- a/components/version/version.cpp.in
+++ b/components/version/version.cpp.in
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-#include "version.hpp"
+#include <components/version/version.hpp>
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 
 namespace Version
 {
@@ -33,4 +36,15 @@ namespace Version
         }
         return str;
     }
+
+    bool checkResourcesVersion(const std::filesystem::path& resourcePath)
+    {
+        std::ifstream stream(resourcePath / "version");
+        std::string version, commitHash, tagHash;
+        std::getline(stream, version);
+        std::getline(stream, commitHash);
+        std::getline(stream, tagHash);
+        return getVersion() == version && getCommitHash() == commitHash && getTagHash() == tagHash;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/components/version/version.hpp b/components/version/version.hpp
index c4a62c9e1e..64b8cd05e0 100644
--- a/components/version/version.hpp
+++ b/components/version/version.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_HPP
 #define VERSION_HPP
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ namespace Version
 
     // Prepares string that contains version and commit hash.
     std::string getOpenmwVersionDescription();
+
+    bool checkResourcesVersion(const std::filesystem::path& resourcePath);
 }
 
 #endif // VERSION_HPP
diff --git a/files/version.in b/files/version.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f894d3b4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/version.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@OPENMW_VERSION@
+@OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH@
+@OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH@