diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f75b12d45..ec8fa9bc4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ install( FILES
            core/textdocumentgenerator.h
            core/textpage.h
            core/utils.h
+           core/version.h
            core/fileprinter.h
          DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/okular/core )
 
diff --git a/aboutdata.h b/aboutdata.h
index 26e4dbe51..42a2428d0 100644
--- a/aboutdata.h
+++ b/aboutdata.h
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 
 #include <kaboutdata.h>
 
+#include "core/version.h"
+
 inline KAboutData okularAboutData( const char* name, const char* iname )
 {
     KAboutData about(
         name, //"okular",
         "okular",
         ki18n(iname), //I18N_NOOP("okular"),
-        "0.6.80",
+        OKULAR_VERSION_STRING,
         ki18n("Okular, a universal document viewer"),
         KAboutData::License_GPL,
         ki18n("(C) 2002 Wilco Greven, Christophe Devriese\n"
diff --git a/core/version.h b/core/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5944bf261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>                     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _OKULAR_VERSION_H_
+#define _OKULAR_VERSION_H_
+
+#define OKULAR_VERSION_STRING "0.6.80"
+#define OKULAR_VERSION_MAJOR 0
+#define OKULAR_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define OKULAR_VERSION_RELEASE 80
+#define OKULAR_MAKE_VERSION( a,b,c ) (((a) << 16) | ((b) << 8) | (c))
+
+#define OKULAR_VERSION \
+  OKULAR_MAKE_VERSION(OKULAR_VERSION_MAJOR,OKULAR_VERSION_MINOR,OKULAR_VERSION_RELEASE)
+
+#define OKULAR_IS_VERSION(a,b,c) ( OKULAR_VERSION >= OKULAR_MAKE_VERSION(a,b,c) )
+
+#endif