diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1928783..f2dc48f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
         ])
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Versioning
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+buildinfo = vcs_tag(command: ['git', 'describe', '--always', '--long'],
+                  input: 'buildinfo.hpp.in',
+                  output: 'buildinfo.hpp',
+                  replace_string:'@BUILDINFO@',
+                  fallback: '0')
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Compiler
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------