diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 4e8b5b5..eec3218 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   ],
   include_directories: includes,
   implicit_include_directories: false,
+  version: meson.project_version(),
   dependencies: libsystemd,
   install: true)