diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de4004b..60b6d30 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SYSCONFDIR ?= /etc
 all: gpio-wait
 	sed -i -r -e "s@(^SYSCONFDIR = ').*('$$)@\1$(SYSCONFDIR)\2@" doorlockd
 	sed -i -r -e "s@(^PREFIX = ').*('$$)@\1$(PREFIX)\2@" doorlockd
+	sed -i -r -e "s@(^__version__ = ').*('$$)@\1$(shell cat VERSION)\2@" doorlockd
 
 gpio-wait: gpio-wait.c
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..192cc85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v2.0rc2
diff --git a/doorlockd b/doorlockd
index 5660a6a..cba4442 100755
--- a/doorlockd
+++ b/doorlockd
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ __license__ = 'GPLv2'
 __email__ = 'ralf@binary-kitchen.de'
 __status__ = 'Development'
 __maintainer__ = 'Ralf Ramsauer'
-__version__ = '2.0-rc2'
+__version__ = '0.0'
 
 log_level = logging.DEBUG
 date_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'