diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c13f71..48cee68 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-file(READ "project.properties" PROJECT_PROPERTIES)
-string(REGEX MATCH "VERSION = ([0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*)" _ ${PROJECT_PROPERTIES})
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND git describe --tags --abbrev=0
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_VER
+)
+string(REGEX MATCH "([0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*).*" _ ${GIT_VER})
 set(PROJECT_VERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+if("${PROJECT_VERSION}" STREQUAL "")
+    set(PROJECT_VERSION 0.0.0)
+endif()
 project(libosal VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
@@ -93,8 +100,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 set(LIBOSAL_STDC_HEADERS 1)
-set(LIBOSAL_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}")
-set(LIBOSAL_VERSION "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}")
+set(LIBOSAL_PACKAGE_VERSION "${GIT_VER}")
+set(LIBOSAL_VERSION "${GIT_VER}")
 set(LIBOSAL_PACKAGE_URL "${CMAKE_PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL}")
 set(LIBOSAL_PACKAGE "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}")
 set(LIBOSAL_PACKAGE_NAME "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}")