diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d3d6f5c2b..d47e8b967d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(URANIUM_SCRIPTS_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../uranium/scripts" CACHE DIRECTORY "The location of the scripts directory of the Uranium repository")
 
+set(CURA_VERSION "master" CACHE STRING "Version name of Cura")
+configure_file(cura/CuraVersion.py.in CuraVersion.py @ONLY)
+
 if(NOT ${URANIUM_SCRIPTS_DIR} STREQUAL "")
     # Extract Strings
     add_custom_target(extract-messages ${URANIUM_SCRIPTS_DIR}/extract-messages ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} cura)
@@ -60,9 +63,11 @@ install(DIRECTORY resources DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cura)
 install(DIRECTORY plugins DESTINATION lib/cura)
 install(FILES cura_app.py DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
 if(NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32)
-    install(DIRECTORY cura DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/dist-packages)
+    install(DIRECTORY cura DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/dist-packages FILES_MATCHING PATTERN *.py)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CuraVersion.py DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/dist-packages/cura)
     install(FILES cura.desktop DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/applications)
 else()
-    install(DIRECTORY cura DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages)
+    install(DIRECTORY cura DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages FILES_MATCHING PATTERN *.py)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CuraVersion.py DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/site-packages/cura)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cura/CuraApplication.py b/cura/CuraApplication.py
index 689ae888a6..64551948dc 100644
--- a/cura/CuraApplication.py
+++ b/cura/CuraApplication.py
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ import numpy
 import copy
 numpy.seterr(all="ignore")
 
+try:
+    from cura.CuraVersion import CuraVersion
+except ImportError:
+    CuraVersion = "master"
+
 class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
     class ResourceTypes:
         QmlFiles = Resources.UserType + 1
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
         if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
             Resources.addSearchPath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), ".."))
 
-        super().__init__(name = "cura", version = "15.09.91")
+        super().__init__(name = "cura", version = CuraVersion)
 
         self.setWindowIcon(QIcon(Resources.getPath(Resources.Images, "cura-icon.png")))
 
diff --git a/cura/CuraVersion.py.in b/cura/CuraVersion.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb69319ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cura/CuraVersion.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Cura is released under the terms of the AGPLv3 or higher.
+
+CuraVersion = "@CURA_VERSION@"