diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41ef333..ce8b311 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 PROJECT(libnfc C)
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
-SET(VERSION "1.3.0")
+SET(VERSION_MAJOR "1")
+SET(VERSION_MINOR "2")
+SET(VERSION_PATCH "1+svn")
+
+SET(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
+
+SET(PACKAGE_NAME "libnfc")
+SET(PACKAGE_VERSION ${VERSION})
+SET(PACKAGE_STRING "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)
 
 # make it easy to locate CMake modules for finding libraries
 SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules/")
@@ -58,10 +67,10 @@ SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Near Field Communication (NFC) library")
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Roel Verdult")
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README")
 SET(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "LibNFC")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "3")
-SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "0")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "libnfc")
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${VERSION_MAJOR})
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR ${VERSION_MINOR})
+SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_PATCH})
 SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_LIBRARIES_DISPLAY_NAME "NFC Library")
 SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_EXAMPLES_DISPLAY_NAME "Example Applications")
 SET(CPACK_COMPONENT_HEADERS_DISPLAY_NAME "Development Headers")
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebace1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#cmakedefine PACKAGE_NAME "@PACKAGE_NAME@"
+#cmakedefine PACKAGE_VERSION "@PACKAGE_VERSION@"
+#cmakedefine PACKAGE_STRING "@PACKAGE_STRING@"
diff --git a/src/examples/nfc-mfclassic.c b/src/examples/nfc-mfclassic.c
index 5945062..6d06c83 100644
--- a/src/examples/nfc-mfclassic.c
+++ b/src/examples/nfc-mfclassic.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "libnfc.h"
+
 #include "mifaretag.h"
+#include "bitutils.h"
 
 static dev_info* pdi;
 static tag_info ti;
diff --git a/src/libnfc.c b/src/libnfc.c
index ca913a0..22c3e98 100644
--- a/src/libnfc.c
+++ b/src/libnfc.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "bitutils.h"
 #include "messages.h"
 
+#include "../config.h"
+
 // Registers and symbols masks used to covers parts within a register
 #define REG_CIU_TX_MODE           0x6302
   #define SYMBOL_TX_CRC_ENABLE      0x80
@@ -996,3 +998,9 @@ bool nfc_target_send_dep_bytes(const dev_info* pdi, const byte_t* pbtTx, const s
   return true;
 }
 
+const char* nfc_version(void)
+{
+  return PACKAGE_VERSION;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/libnfc.h b/src/libnfc.h
index 588acf9..df73afe 100644
--- a/src/libnfc.h
+++ b/src/libnfc.h
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ bool nfc_target_send_bytes(const dev_info* pdi, const byte_t* pbtTx, const size_
  */
 bool nfc_target_send_dep_bytes(const dev_info* pdi, const byte_t* pbtTx, const size_t szTxLen);
 
+/**
+ * @fn const char* nfc_version(void)
+ * @brief Returns the library version
+ * @return Returns a string with the library version
+ */
+const char* nfc_version(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus 
 }
 #endif // __cplusplus