diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index df71410fb..25887a0e6 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ NL_SETUP_NELNS_DEFAULT_OPTIONS()
 NL_SETUP_RYZOM_DEFAULT_OPTIONS()
 NL_SETUP_SNOWBALLS_DEFAULT_OPTIONS()
 
-NL_SETUP_PREFIX_PATHS()
-RYZOM_SETUP_PREFIX_PATHS()
-
 NL_SETUP_BUILD()
 NL_SETUP_BUILD_FLAGS()
 
+NL_SETUP_PREFIX_PATHS()
+RYZOM_SETUP_PREFIX_PATHS()
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #Platform specifics
 
diff --git a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
index 3919419be..258e777aa 100644
--- a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
+++ b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
@@ -374,6 +374,13 @@ MACRO(ADD_PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS _FLAGS)
   SET(PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS "${PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS} ${_FLAGS}")
 ENDMACRO()
 
+MACRO(CONVERT_VERSION_NUMBER _VERSION_NUMBER _BASE)
+  SET(${_VERSION_NUMBER} 0)
+  FOREACH(_ARG ${ARGN})
+    MATH(EXPR ${_VERSION_NUMBER} "${${_VERSION_NUMBER}} * ${_BASE} + ${_ARG}")
+  ENDFOREACH()
+ENDMACRO()
+
 MACRO(NL_SETUP_BUILD)
 
   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b77b813f..85d8914f5 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+CONVERT_VERSION_NUMBER(NL_VERSION_NUM 100 ${NL_VERSION_MAJOR} ${NL_VERSION_MINOR} ${NL_VERSION_PATCH})
+
+CONFIGURE_FILE(version_nl.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_nl.h)
+
 FILE(GLOB HEADERS *.h)
 
-INSTALL(FILES ${HEADERS} DESTINATION include/nel/misc COMPONENT headers)
+INSTALL(FILES ${HEADERS} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version_nl.h DESTINATION include/nel/misc COMPONENT headers)
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/version_nl.cmake b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/version_nl.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e650486e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/version_nl.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef NL_VERSION_H
+#define NL_VERSION_H
+
+#define NL_VERSION "${NL_VERSION}"
+#define NL_VERSION_MAJOR ${NL_VERSION_MAJOR}
+#define NL_VERSION_MINOR ${NL_VERSION_MINOR}
+#define NL_VERSION_PATCH ${NL_VERSION_PATCH}
+#define NL_VERSION_NUM ${NL_VERSION_NUM}
+
+#define NL_REVISION ${REVISION}
+
+#define NL_BUILD_DATE "${BUILD_DATE}"
+
+#endif