diff --git a/modules/ECMSourceVersionControl.cmake b/modules/ECMSourceVersionControl.cmake
--- a/modules/ECMSourceVersionControl.cmake
+++ b/modules/ECMSourceVersionControl.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright 2019 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
+# Copyright 2019 Thomas Fischer <fischer@unix-ag.uni-kl.de>
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -44,3 +45,82 @@
 else()
     set(ECM_SOURCE_UNDER_VERSION_CONTROL FALSE)
 endif()
+
+if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
+    # Git
+    find_program(GIT_EXECUTABLE
+        NAMES git.bat git # for Windows, 'git.bat' must be found before 'git'
+    )
+    if(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
+        execute_process(
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-parse --short HEAD
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_REVISION
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+        execute_process(
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_BRANCH
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+        execute_process(
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-list --count HEAD
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_COMMIT_COUNT
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+    else()
+        message("No Git executable found despite Git repository found")
+    endif()
+elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.svn")
+    # Subversion
+    find_program(SVN_EXECUTABLE
+        NAMES svn.bat svn # for Windows, 'svn.bat' must be found before 'svn'
+    )
+    if(SVN_EXECUTABLE)
+        execute_process(
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            COMMAND "${SVN_EXECUTABLE}" info --show-item relative-url
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_BRANCH
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+        execute_process(
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            COMMAND "${SVN_EXECUTABLE}" info --show-item last-changed-revision # FIXME or just 'revision'?
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_COMMIT_COUNT
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+        set(ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_REVISION
+            "r${ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_COMMIT_COUNT}" # FIXME is this the 'r' the only difference between revision and commit count?
+        )
+    else()
+        message("No Subversion executable found despite Subversion repository found")
+    endif()
+elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.hg")
+    # Mercurial
+    find_program(HG_EXECUTABLE
+        NAMES hg.bat hg # for Windows, 'hg.bat' must be found before 'hg'
+    )
+    if(HG_EXECUTABLE)
+        execute_process(
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            COMMAND "${HG_EXECUTABLE}" branch
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_BRANCH
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        )
+        # TODO ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_COMMIT_COUNT and ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_REVISION
+    else()
+        message("No Mercurial executable found despite Mercurial repository found")
+    endif()
+elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.bzr")
+    # Bazaar
+    find_program(BZR_EXECUTABLE
+        NAMES bzr.bat bzr # for Windows, 'bzr.bat' must be found before 'bzr'
+    )
+    if(BZR_EXECUTABLE)
+        # TODO ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_BRANCH and ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_COMMIT_COUNT and ECM_SOURCE_VERSION_CONTROL_REVISION
+    else()
+        message("No Bazaar executable found despite Bazaar repository found")
+    endif()
+endif()