diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b4c75c9..10ecf60 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ set(prefix      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(exec_prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
 set(libdir      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 set(includedir  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/UnitTest++)
+set(PACKAGE_VERSION ${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION})
 configure_file("UnitTest++.pc.in" "UnitTest++.pc" @ONLY)
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
     set(pkgconfdir  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig)