diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
 
 project(serialplot)
 
+set(MAJOR_VERSION 0)
+set(MINOR_VERSION 1)
+set(PATCH_VERSION 0)
+set(VERSION_STRING "${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${PATCH_VERSION}")
+
 # Find includes in corresponding build directories
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "The compiler ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} has no C++11 support. Please use a different C++ compiler.")
 endif()
 
+# configure version file
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.h.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.h")
+
 # add make run target
 add_custom_target(run
     COMMAND serialplot
@@ -114,9 +122,9 @@ include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "serialplot")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Small and simple software for plotting data from serial port")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "Hasan Yavuz Özderya <hy@ozderya.net>")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "1")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "0")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${MAJOR_VERSION})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR ${MINOR_VERSION})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${PATCH_VERSION})
 set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES TRUE)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "serialplot")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.1), libqt5serialport5 (>= 5.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.19)")
diff --git a/about_dialog.ui b/about_dialog.ui
--- a/about_dialog.ui
+++ b/about_dialog.ui
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="lbAbout">
      <property name="text">
-      <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:14pt;&quot;&gt;SerialPlot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:10pt;&quot;&gt;v0.1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Developed by Hasan Yavuz Özderya&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Using Qt and Qwt (&lt;a href=&quot;http://qwt.sf.net&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;http://qwt.sf.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;This software is GPL licensed. You can obtain source code from &lt;a href=&quot;https://bitbucket.org/hyOzd/serialplot&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;https://bitbucket.org/hyOzd/serialplot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+      <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:14pt;&quot;&gt;SerialPlot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:10pt;&quot;&gt;$VERSION_STRING$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Developed by Hasan Yavuz Özderya&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Using Qt and Qwt (&lt;a href=&quot;http://qwt.sf.net&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;http://qwt.sf.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;This software is GPL licensed. You can obtain source code from &lt;a href=&quot;https://bitbucket.org/hyOzd/serialplot&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;&quot;&gt;https://bitbucket.org/hyOzd/serialplot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
      </property>
      <property name="wordWrap">
       <bool>true</bool>
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <cmath>
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     QMainWindow(parent),
@@ -212,6 +213,10 @@ void MainWindow::setupAboutDialog()
 
     QObject::connect(uiAboutDialog.pbAboutQt, &QPushButton::clicked,
                      [](){ QApplication::aboutQt();});
+
+    QString aboutText = uiAboutDialog.lbAbout->text();
+    aboutText.replace("$VERSION_STRING$", VERSION_STRING);
+    uiAboutDialog.lbAbout->setText(aboutText);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::loadPortList()
diff --git a/version.h.in b/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+  Copyright © 2015 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+
+  This file is part of serialplot.
+
+  serialplot 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 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  serialplot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with serialplot.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#define MAJOR_VERSION    @MAJOR_VERSION@
+#define MINOR_VERSION    @MINOR_VERSION@
+#define PATCH_VERSION    @PATCH_VERSION@
+#define VERSION_STRING   "@VERSION_STRING@"