diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 69478ff..75079e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 ### General Package stuff
 
 project( tmux-mem-cpu-load )
-set(VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 3)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
+set(tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_MINOR 3)
+set(tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+#Compute full version string
+set(tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION
+  ${tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_MAJOR}.${tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_MINOR}.${tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_PATCH})
 
 # generate header file to handle version
 configure_file(
diff --git a/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp b/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp
index a859889..15d090f 100644
--- a/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp
+++ b/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,8 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
 
   // ugly, I know
   std::string intro = "tmux-mem-cpu-load v";
-  intro += std::to_string( VERSION_MAJOR ) + ".";
-  intro += std::to_string( VERSION_MINOR ) + ".";
-  intro += std::to_string( VERSION_PATCH ) + "\n";
-  intro += "Usage: tmux-mem-cpu-load [OPTIONS]";
+  intro += tmux_mem_cpu_load_VERSION;
+  intro += "\nUsage: tmux-mem-cpu-load [OPTIONS]";
 
   arg.setIntroduction( intro );
 
diff --git a/version.h.in b/version.h.in
index 81a4c45..c46dd04 100644
--- a/version.h.in
+++ b/version.h.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 // the configured options and settings for sysstat
-#define VERSION_MAJOR @VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define VERSION_MINOR @VERSION_MINOR@
-#define VERSION_PATCH @VERSION_PATCH@
-
+#define tmux_mem_cpu_load_VERSION_MAJOR @tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define tmux_mem_cpu_load_VERSION_MINOR @tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define tmux_mem_cpu_load_VERSION_PATCH @tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define tmux_mem_cpu_load_VERSION "@tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION@"