diff --git a/cmake/ProjectGitVersion.cmake b/cmake/ProjectGitVersion.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e4327f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/ProjectGitVersion.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+
+macro(prepare_git_version VERSION_VARIABLE FALLBACK_VERSION)
+    set(${VERSION_VARIABLE}-version_files ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_VARIABLE}.h)
+    add_custom_target(target-${VERSION_VARIABLE} DEPENDS build_version_fake_file-${VERSION_VARIABLE})
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT build_version_fake_file-${VERSION_VARIABLE} ${${VERSION_VARIABLE}-version_files}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DGIT_EXECUTABLE=${GIT_EXECUTABLE}
+            -DVERSION_VARIABLE=${VERSION_VARIABLE}
+            -DFALLBACK_VERSION=${FALLBACK_VERSION}
+            -DPROJECT_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}
+            -DPROJECT_SOURCE_DIR=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+            -DPROJECT_BINARY_DIR=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+            -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ProjectGitVersionRunner.cmake)
+    set_source_files_properties(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${${VERSION_VARIABLE}.h}
+        PROPERTIES
+        GENERATED TRUE
+        HEADER_FILE_ONLY TRUE)
+endmacro()
diff --git a/cmake/ProjectGitVersionRunner.cmake b/cmake/ProjectGitVersionRunner.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38fdf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/ProjectGitVersionRunner.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+if(GIT_EXECUTABLE AND EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --dirty --long --always --tags
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${VERSION_VARIABLE})
+    string(REPLACE "\n" "" "${VERSION_VARIABLE}" ${${VERSION_VARIABLE}})
+endif()
+
+if(${VERSION_VARIABLE})
+    set(${VERSION_VARIABLE}_H
+        "#define ${VERSION_VARIABLE} \"${${VERSION_VARIABLE}}\"\n"
+        )
+    message(STATUS "Building ${PROJECT_NAME} Git version ${${VERSION_VARIABLE}}")
+else()
+    set(${VERSION_VARIABLE}_H
+        "#define ${VERSION_VARIABLE} \"${FALLBACK_VERSION}\"\n"
+        )
+    message(STATUS "Building ${PROJECT_NAME} version: ${${VERSION_VARIABLE}}")
+endif()
+
+file(WRITE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_VARIABLE}.h.in ${${VERSION_VARIABLE}_H})
+execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_VARIABLE}.h.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_VARIABLE}.h)