diff --git a/aboutdialog.cpp b/aboutdialog.cpp
index f978970..9ca50e8 100644
--- a/aboutdialog.cpp
+++ b/aboutdialog.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #include "aboutdialog.h"
 #include "ui_aboutdialog.h"
 
+#include "version.h"
+
 AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget *parent) :
     QDialog(parent),
     ui(new Ui::AboutDialog)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    ui->label_VerBuildDate->setText(tr("Version %1, build date %2")
+                                    .arg(VERSION)
+                                    .arg(BUILD_DATE));
     setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication::applicationName());
     setFixedSize(sizeHint());
 }
diff --git a/aboutdialog.ui b/aboutdialog.ui
index 57d4dc6..c264ac1 100644
--- a/aboutdialog.ui
+++ b/aboutdialog.ui
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_VerBuildDate">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>TextLabel</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="alignment">
+      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
      <property name="orientation">
diff --git a/embedded-ide.pro b/embedded-ide.pro
index a3c0b05..cac635b 100644
--- a/embedded-ide.pro
+++ b/embedded-ide.pro
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ SOURCES += main.cpp\
     qsvtextoperationswidget.cpp \
     etags.cpp \
     projectview.cpp \
-    filedownloader.cpp
+    filedownloader.cpp \
+    version.cpp
 
 HEADERS  += mainwindow.h \
     documentarea.h \
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ HEADERS  += mainwindow.h \
     qsvtextoperationswidget.h \
     etags.h \
     projectview.h \
-    filedownloader.h
+    filedownloader.h \
+    version.h
 
 FORMS    += mainwindow.ui \
     editorwidget.ui \
@@ -86,4 +88,3 @@ DISTFILES += \
     reference-code-c.txt
 
 RC_ICONS = icon-theme/icon.ico
-
diff --git a/version.cpp b/version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62addfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include "version.h"
+
+const char *VERSION = "v0.1-rc2";
+const char *BUILD_DATE = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a18efff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef VERSION_H
+#define VERSION_H
+
+extern const char *VERSION;
+extern const char *BUILD_DATE;
+
+#endif // VERSION_H