diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index 9b46b84..440088c 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #################################################
 
 include( CheckCXXCompilerFlag )
+include( TDEVersion )
 
 
 #################################################
diff --git a/modules/TDEVersion.cmake b/modules/TDEVersion.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a222152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/TDEVersion.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#################################################
+#
+#  (C) 2022 Michele Calgaro
+#  michele (DOT) calgaro (AT) yahoo (DOT) it
+#
+#  Improvements and feedback are welcome
+#
+#  This file is released under GPL >= 2
+#
+#################################################
+
+#################################################
+#####
+##### tde_set_project_version
+
+macro( tde_set_project_version )
+
+  set( DEFAULT_VERSION "R14.1.0~[DEVELOPMENT]" )
+
+  unset( VERSION )
+
+  file( STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.tdescminfo VERSION_STRING REGEX "^Version:.+$" )
+  string( REGEX REPLACE "^Version: (R[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*)$" "\\1" VERSION "${VERSION_STRING}" )
+  if( NOT VERSION )
+    set( VERSION "${DEFAULT_VERSION}" )
+  endif()
+
+endmacro( )
+