3 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libdino/src/application.vala b/libdino/src/application.vala
index 35b706a4..f2e3cc9b 100644
--- a/libdino/src/application.vala
+++ b/libdino/src/application.vala
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ using Dino.Entities;
 
 namespace Dino {
 
-public string get_version() { return VERSION; }
+public extern unowned string get_version();
+
 public string get_short_version() {
-    if (!VERSION.contains("~")) return VERSION;
-    return VERSION.split("~")[0] + "+";
+    string version = get_version();
+    if (!version.contains("~")) return version;
+    return version.split("~")[0] + "+";
 }
 
 public interface Application : GLib.Application {
diff --git a/libdino/src/version.c.in b/libdino/src/version.c.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44603c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdino/src/version.c.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const char* dino_get_version ()
+{
+    return "@VERSION@";
+}
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libdino/src/version.vala.in b/libdino/src/version.vala.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 2711d4a6..00000000
--- a/libdino/src/version.vala.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-namespace Dino {
-
-public const string VERSION = "%VERSION%";
-
-}