diff --git a/extra/make-build.sh b/extra/make-build.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 39e5a586..94db083c
--- a/extra/make-build.sh
+++ b/extra/make-build.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 rm -rf tracy-build
 mkdir tracy-build
 
+./update-meson-version.sh
+
 if [ ! -f vswhere.exe ]; then
     wget https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/releases/download/2.8.4/vswhere.exe
 fi
diff --git a/extra/update-meson-version.sh b/extra/update-meson-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..913eb357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/update-meson-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+version_header="../public/common/TracyVersion.hpp"
+
+major=$(grep -o -E 'Major = [0-9]+' "$version_header" | awk -F '= ' '{print $2}')
+minor=$(grep -o -E 'Minor = [0-9]+' "$version_header" | awk -F '= ' '{print $2}')
+patch=$(grep -o -E 'Patch = [0-9]+' "$version_header" | awk -F '= ' '{print $2}')
+
+version="${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
+
+# the extension is required for macOS's outdated sed
+sed -i.bak "s/version: '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*'/version: '$version'/g" ../meson.build
+rm ../meson.build.bak
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 690938f9..c7e443fa 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('tracy', ['cpp'])
+project('tracy', ['cpp'], version: '0.9.1')
 
 if get_option('tracy_enable')
   add_project_arguments('-DTRACY_ENABLE', language : 'cpp')