diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 810e5629..fd9cb392 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -192,16 +192,15 @@ configure_file (
 	${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/opm-core-config.cmake
 	@ONLY
 	)
+configure_file (
+	${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/opm-core-config-version.cmake.in
+	${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/opm-core-config-version.cmake
+	@ONLY
+	)
 configure_vars (
 	FILE CMAKE "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/opm-core-config.cmake"
 	APPEND "${opm-core_CONFIG_VARS}"
 	)
-include (WriteBasicConfigVersionFile)
-write_basic_config_version_file (
-	"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/opm-core-config-version.cmake"
-	VERSION ${opm-core_VERSION}
-	COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion
-	)
 
 ### installation ###
 string (LENGTH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} _prefix_length)
diff --git a/opm-core-config-version.cmake.in b/opm-core-config-version.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3904d12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opm-core-config-version.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# - CMake version file for OPM-core
+#
+# Determine if requested version matches exactly or is compatible with
+# the installed package. It sets the following variables:
+#
+#	PACKAGE_VERSION             Full provided version string
+#	PACKAGE_VERSION_COMPATIBLE  True if version is compatible
+#	PACKAGE_VERSION_EXACT       True if version is exact match
+
+# This file is used by find_package to see if the installed version of a
+# package can be used by the client, before the main -config.cmake file
+# is loaded.
+# see <http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake/Tutorials/Packaging#Package_Version_Files>
+
+# this is the version that is installed
+set (PACKAGE_VERSION @opm-core_VERSION@)
+
+# if we wanted this exact version, then everything's fine
+if (PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
+  set (PACKAGE_VERSION_EXACT TRUE)
+endif (PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
+
+# in general, we assume that there is going to be API breakage between
+# released versions; this will hopefully change in the future
+## compatible versions
+#if (NOT PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_LESS PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)
+#  set (PACKAGE_VERSION_COMPATIBLE TRUE)
+#endif (NOT PACKAGE_VERSION VERSION_LESS PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION)