diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 1cf2631..fd56941 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   ],
   include_directories: includes,
   implicit_include_directories: false,
+  version: meson.project_version(),
   install: true)
 
 import('pkgconfig').generate(