diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 582df355..1d5af33c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ compile_commands.json
 *.tar.gz
 ft/reports
 include/csptr/
+include/neuron/version.h
 __pycache__
 tmp
 *.deb
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 337b4970..7193c69d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_SUPPRESS_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS)
       CACHE INTERNAL "No dev warnings")
 endif()
 
+add_custom_target(neuron-version
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/neuron-version.cmake)
+
 configure_file(extern/uthash/include/uthash.h ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/neuron/utils/uthash.h)
 configure_file(extern/uthash/include/utarray.h ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/neuron/utils/utarray.h)
 configure_file(extern/uthash/include/utlist.h ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/neuron/utils/utlist.h)
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ target_include_directories(neuron-base PRIVATE ${CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX})
 target_compile_definitions(neuron-base PRIVATE MQTT_USE_BIO)
 target_link_libraries(neuron-base nng libzlog.so vector-static csptr jansson crypto ssl mqttc jwt
                       ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+add_dependencies(neuron-base neuron-version)
 
 #copy file for run
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/zlog.conf DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config)
diff --git a/cmake/neuron-version.cmake b/cmake/neuron-version.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd125883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/neuron-version.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+set(HEADER_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../include/neuron/version.h)
+set(HEADER_TMPL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../version.h.in)
+set(VERSION_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../version)
+
+# versions
+file(STRINGS ${VERSION_FILE} NEURON_VERSION)
+string(REPLACE "." ";" VERSION_LIST ${NEURON_VERSION})
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 0 NEURON_VERSION_MAJOR)
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 1 NEURON_VERSION_MINOR)
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 2 NEURON_VERSION_MICRO)
+
+# git revisions
+execute_process(COMMAND git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_REV
+  ERROR_QUIET)
+
+if ("${GIT_REV}" STREQUAL "")
+  set(GIT_REV "N/A")
+  set(GIT_DIFF "")
+  set(GIT_TAG "N/A")
+  set(GIT_BRANCH "N/A")
+else()
+  execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "git diff --quiet --exit-code || echo +dirty"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_DIFF)
+  execute_process(COMMAND git describe --exact-match --tags
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_TAG
+    ERROR_QUIET)
+  execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH)
+
+  string(STRIP "${GIT_REV}" GIT_REV)
+  string(SUBSTRING "${GIT_REV}" 1 7 GIT_REV)
+  string(STRIP "${GIT_DIFF}" GIT_DIFF)
+  string(STRIP "${GIT_TAG}" GIT_TAG)
+  string(STRIP "${GIT_BRANCH}" GIT_BRANCH)
+endif()
+
+# build date
+string(TIMESTAMP NEURON_BUILD_DATE "%Y-%m-%d")
+
+# generate the header file
+configure_file(${HEADER_TMPL} ${HEADER_FILE} @ONLY)
diff --git a/version.h.in b/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a3cda4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * NEURON IIoT System for Industry 4.0
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2022 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ **/
+
+/*
+ * DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!
+ * It was automatically generated by `neuron-version.cmake`
+ */
+
+#ifndef NEURON_VERSION_H
+#define NEURON_VERSION_H
+
+#define NEURON_VERSION "@NEURON_VERSION@"
+
+#define NEURON_VERSION_MAJOR @NEURON_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define NEURON_VERSION_MINOR @NEURON_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define NEURON_VERSION_MICRO @NEURON_VERSION_MICRO@
+
+#define NEURON_GIT_REV "@GIT_REV@"
+#define NEURON_GIT_TAG "@GET_TAG@"
+#define NEURON_GIT_DIFF "@GIT_DIFF@"
+#define NEURON_GIT_BRANCH "@GIT_BRANCH@"
+
+#define NEURON_BUILD_DATE "@NEURON_BUILD_DATE@"
+
+#endif