diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 973ab82..0000000
--- a/config.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.4.4"
-#define VERSION "0.4.4"
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4da0f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "@version@"
+#define VERSION "@version@"
+#define INSTALL_PREFIX "@install_prefix@"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 936dae4..459627b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 project('slurm', 'c')
 
+conf_data = configuration_data()
+conf_data.set('version', '0.4.5-dev')
+conf_data.set('install_prefix', get_option('prefix'))
+
+configure_file(input : 'config.h.in',
+               output : 'config.h',
+               configuration : conf_data)
 
 # We want ncurses but meson wraps ncurses and curses into the curses dependency
 # https://mesonbuild.com/Dependencies.html#curses