diff --git a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a1cbd6..ef84ad2 100644
--- a/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,10 +12,17 @@ endif()
 
 option (BUILD_UTILS "utilities" ON)
 
-set (GLEW_VERSION "1.12.0")
-
 set (GLEW_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../..)
 
+# get version from config/version
+file (STRINGS ${GLEW_DIR}/config/version  _VERSION_MAJOR_STRING REGEX "GLEW_MAJOR[ ]*=[ ]*[0-9]+.*")
+string (REGEX REPLACE "GLEW_MAJOR[ ]*=[ ]*([0-9]+)" "\\1" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${_VERSION_MAJOR_STRING})
+file (STRINGS ${GLEW_DIR}/config/version  _VERSION_MINOR_STRING REGEX "GLEW_MINOR[ ]*=[ ]*[0-9]+.*")
+string (REGEX REPLACE "GLEW_MINOR[ ]*=[ ]*([0-9]+)" "\\1" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR ${_VERSION_MINOR_STRING})
+file (STRINGS ${GLEW_DIR}/config/version  _VERSION_PATCH_STRING REGEX "GLEW_MICRO[ ]*=[ ]*[0-9]+.*")
+string (REGEX REPLACE "GLEW_MICRO[ ]*=[ ]*([0-9]+)" "\\1" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${_VERSION_PATCH_STRING})
+set (GLEW_VERSION ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH})
+
 set (CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set (CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)