diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd35e4799..4ee7d0b3f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_CONFIG_HEADER "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/osg/Config")
 CONFIGURE_FILE("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/osg/Config.in"
                "${OPENSCENEGRAPH_CONFIG_HEADER}")
 
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION_HEADER "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/osg/Version")
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/osg/Version")
 CONFIGURE_FILE("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/osg/Version.in"
                "${OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION_HEADER}")