diff --git a/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c39a95345..8613ef03ab 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src ) # for config.h
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..) # for gnc-ui.h
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../libqof/qof) # for gnc-ui.h
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}) # when building swig-core-utils.c
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}) # for gncla-dir.h
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}) # for gncla-dir.h, gnc-version.h
 
 # Command to generate the swig-engine.c wrapper file
 SET (SWIG_CORE_UTILS_C ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/swig-core-utils.c)
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ FILE (WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gncla-dir.h "
 #define LOCALE_DATADIRNAME \"share\"
 ")
 
+# Workaround to create a simple
+FILE (WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gnc-version.h "
+/* Autogenerated. Do not change. */
+#ifndef GNC_VERSION_H
+#define GNC_VERSION_H
+
+#define GNUCASH_SVN 1
+#define GNUCASH_BUILD_DATE \"2010-XX-XX\"
+#define GNUCASH_SVN_REV \"xxxxxxx\"
+#endif
+")
+
 SET (libgnc_core_utils_HEADERS
   binreloc.h
   gnc-filepath-utils.h