diff --git a/compositor/main.c b/compositor/main.c
index ea35b276..4855cdbb 100644
--- a/compositor/main.c
+++ b/compositor/main.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #include "../shared/helpers.h"
 #include "../shared/string-helpers.h"
 #include "git-version.h"
-#include "version.h"
+#include <libweston/version.h>
 #include "weston.h"
 
 #include <libweston/backend-drm.h>
diff --git a/include/libweston/meson.build b/include/libweston/meson.build
index 340cd255..8e8f8160 100644
--- a/include/libweston/meson.build
+++ b/include/libweston/meson.build
@@ -17,3 +17,15 @@ backend_wayland_h =  files('backend-wayland.h')
 backend_x11_h =      files('backend-x11.h')
 
 xwayland_api_h = files('xwayland-api.h')
+
+libweston_version_h = configuration_data()
+libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION_MAJOR', version_weston_arr[0])
+libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION_MINOR', version_weston_arr[1])
+libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION_MICRO', version_weston_arr[2])
+libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION', version_weston)
+version_h = configure_file(
+	input: 'version.h.in',
+	output: 'version.h',
+	configuration: libweston_version_h
+)
+install_headers(version_h, subdir: dir_include_libweston_install)
diff --git a/libweston/version.h.in b/include/libweston/version.h.in
similarity index 100%
rename from libweston/version.h.in
rename to include/libweston/version.h.in
diff --git a/libweston/compositor.c b/libweston/compositor.c
index faaf5b2a..6a7c4ced 100644
--- a/libweston/compositor.c
+++ b/libweston/compositor.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 #include "shared/string-helpers.h"
 #include "shared/timespec-util.h"
 #include "git-version.h"
-#include "version.h"
+#include <libweston/version.h>
 #include <libweston/plugin-registry.h>
 #include "pixel-formats.h"
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7e4fc236..55190028 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -45,17 +45,6 @@ public_inc = include_directories('include')
 
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 
-libweston_version_h = configuration_data()
-libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION_MAJOR', version_weston_arr[0])
-libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION_MINOR', version_weston_arr[1])
-libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION_MICRO', version_weston_arr[2])
-libweston_version_h.set('WESTON_VERSION', version_weston)
-version_h = configure_file(
-	input: 'libweston/version.h.in',
-	output: 'version.h',
-	configuration: libweston_version_h
-)
-install_headers(version_h, subdir: dir_include_libweston)
 git_version_h = vcs_tag(
 	input: 'libweston/git-version.h.meson',
 	output: 'git-version.h',