diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e0c0c463..c3a51d715 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ IF (APPLE)
     set(APP_BUNDLE_DIR "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/OpenMW.app")
 ENDIF (APPLE)
 
+# Version
+
+set (OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set (OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR 12)
+set (OPENMW_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+
+set (OPENMW_VERSION "${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_PATCH}")
+
 # Sound source selection
 option(USE_AUDIERE "use Audiere for sound" OFF)
 option(USE_FFMPEG "use ffmpeg for sound" OFF)
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ IF(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/prebuilt/vc100-mt-gd/ogre_1_7_1")
     set(AUDIERE_LIBRARY "${PREBUILT_DIR}/audiere-1.9.4/lib/audiere.lib")
 
     set(ENV{OPENALDIR} "${PREBUILT_DIR}/OpenAL 1.1 SDK")
-    
+
     set(BULLET_ROOT "${PREBUILT_DIR}/bullet")
 ELSE()
     message (STATUS "OpenMW pre-built binaries not found.  Using standard locations.")
@@ -436,8 +444,7 @@ if(DPKG_PROGRAM)
         exec_program("git" ARGS "config --get user.email" OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_EMAIL)
         set(PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "${GIT_NAME} <${GIT_EMAIL}>")
     else()
-        #FIXME this should probably be read from some file like ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION or something that gets updated when changing version
-        set(VERSION_STRING "0.10.0")
+        set(VERSION_STRING "${OPENMW_VERSION}")
         set(PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "unknown")
     endif()