diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fa9006a84..7038d1f04 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
-include(Version.txt)
+include(Version)
 
 set(CMAKE_ADDITIONAL_DEPS_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/deps" CACHE PATH "Additional directory to search for libraries and headers")
 list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_ADDITIONAL_DEPS_PATH})
diff --git a/Version.txt b/Version.txt
index a1a756441..8814def06 100644
--- a/Version.txt
+++ b/Version.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# OpenClonk, http://www.openclonk.org
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2015, The OpenClonk Team and contributors
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the ISC license; see accompanying file
+# "COPYING" for details.
+#
+# "Clonk" is a registered trademark of Matthes Bender, used with permission.
+# See accompanying file "TRADEMARK" for details.
+#
+# To redistribute this file separately, substitute the full license texts
+# for the above references.
 
 ############################################################################
 # Project version information
@@ -9,7 +21,6 @@ SET(C4PROJECT_TLD       "org")
 SET(C4PROJECT_URL       "http://${C4PROJECT_DOMAIN}.${C4PROJECT_TLD}")
 SET(C4ENGINENAME        "OpenClonk")
 SET(C4ENGINENICK        "openclonk")
-SET(C4ENGINEID          "${C4PROJECT_TLD}.${C4PROJECT_DOMAIN}.${C4ENGINENICK}")
 
 SET(C4XVER1             6)
 SET(C4XVER2             0)
@@ -22,49 +33,3 @@ SET(C4VERSIONEXTRA)
 # for alpha and beta releases, and meaningful and stable for stable releases.
 # This variable needs to start with a space if it isn't empty.
 SET(C4VERSIONBUILDNAME  "")
-
-############################################################################
-# Get revision from Git
-############################################################################
-include(GitGetChangesetID)
-git_get_changeset_id(C4REVISION)
-
-############################################################################
-# Get year
-############################################################################
-
-IF(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "date" "+%Y" OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATE)
-ELSEIF(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "cscript.exe" "//nologo" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/get_current_year.vbs" OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATE)
-ENDIF()
-STRING(REGEX REPLACE "(.+)\n" "\\1" YEARFIXED "${DATE}")
-SET(C4COPYRIGHT_YEAR ${YEARFIXED})
-
-############################################################################
-# Build version strings
-############################################################################
-
-set(C4ENGINECAPTION "${C4ENGINECAPTION} ${C4VERSIONBUILDNAME}")
-set(C4ENGINEINFO        "${C4ENGINENAME}")
-
-set(C4VERSION           "${C4XVER1}.${C4XVER2}")
-
-if(C4VERSIONEXTRA)
-	set(C4VERSION "${C4VERSION}-${C4VERSIONEXTRA}")
-endif()
-
-if(WIN32)
-	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} win")
-elseif(APPLE)
-	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} mac")
-elseif(UNIX)
-	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} unix")
-else()
-	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} strange")
-endif()
-
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/C4Version.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/C4Version.h ESCAPE_QUOTES)
-if(WIN32)
-	configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/res/WindowsGamesExplorer.xml.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/WindowsGamesExplorer.xml ESCAPE_QUOTES)
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/Version.cmake b/cmake/Version.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..949b6bf50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Version.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# OpenClonk, http://www.openclonk.org
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2015, The OpenClonk Team and contributors
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the ISC license; see accompanying file
+# "COPYING" for details.
+#
+# "Clonk" is a registered trademark of Matthes Bender, used with permission.
+# See accompanying file "TRADEMARK" for details.
+#
+# To redistribute this file separately, substitute the full license texts
+# for the above references.
+
+include(Version.txt)
+
+############################################################################
+# Get revision from Git
+############################################################################
+include(GitGetChangesetID)
+git_get_changeset_id(C4REVISION)
+
+############################################################################
+# Get year
+############################################################################
+
+IF(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
+	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "date" "+%Y" OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATE)
+ELSEIF(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
+	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "cscript.exe" "//nologo" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/get_current_year.vbs" OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATE)
+ENDIF()
+STRING(REGEX REPLACE "(.+)\n" "\\1" YEARFIXED "${DATE}")
+SET(C4COPYRIGHT_YEAR ${YEARFIXED})
+
+############################################################################
+# Build version strings
+############################################################################
+SET(C4ENGINEID          "${C4PROJECT_TLD}.${C4PROJECT_DOMAIN}.${C4ENGINENICK}")
+set(C4ENGINECAPTION "${C4ENGINECAPTION} ${C4VERSIONBUILDNAME}")
+set(C4ENGINEINFO        "${C4ENGINENAME}")
+
+set(C4VERSION           "${C4XVER1}.${C4XVER2}")
+
+if(C4VERSIONEXTRA)
+	set(C4VERSION "${C4VERSION}-${C4VERSIONEXTRA}")
+endif()
+
+if(WIN32)
+	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} win")
+elseif(APPLE)
+	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} mac")
+elseif(UNIX)
+	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} unix")
+else()
+	set(C4VERSION       "${C4VERSION} strange")
+endif()
+
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/C4Version.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/C4Version.h ESCAPE_QUOTES)
+if(WIN32)
+	configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/res/WindowsGamesExplorer.xml.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/WindowsGamesExplorer.xml ESCAPE_QUOTES)
+endif()