diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 792d093..abe260f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,78 +1,87 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
-project(kruler)
+# KDE Application Version, managed by release script
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR "19")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR "07")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO "70")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION "${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO}")
+
+project(kruler VERSION ${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION})
 
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.8.0")
 set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.30.0")
 
 find_package(ECM ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
 
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN="kruler")
 
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDEFrameworkCompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
+include(ECMSetupVersion)
 
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS
     Core
     Widgets
 )
 
 find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS
     DocTools
     I18n
     Notifications
     WindowSystem
     XmlGui
 )
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT)
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
 add_definitions(-DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000)
 
 if (NOT APPLE)
     find_package(X11)
     set (KRULER_HAVE_X11 ${X11_FOUND})
     if (X11_FOUND)
         find_package(XCB COMPONENTS XCB)
         find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED X11Extras)
     endif()
 endif()
 
 configure_file(krulerconfig.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/krulerconfig.h)
 
 add_subdirectory( pics )
 add_subdirectory( doc )
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
+ecm_setup_version(${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KRULER VERSION_HEADER kruler_version.h)
+
 set(kruler_SRCS klineal.cpp main.cpp krulersystemtray.cpp)
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(kruler_SRCS cfg_appearance.ui cfg_advanced.ui)
 
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(kruler_SRCS kruler.kcfgc)
 
 file(GLOB ICONS_SRCS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pics/*-apps-kruler.png")
 ecm_add_app_icon(kruler_SRCS ICONS ${ICONS_SRCS})
 
 add_executable(kruler ${kruler_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(kruler KF5::I18n KF5::Notifications KF5::WindowSystem KF5::XmlGui)
 if (X11_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(kruler Qt5::X11Extras ${XCB_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 install(TARGETS kruler ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install( PROGRAMS org.kde.kruler.desktop  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_APPDIR} )
 install( FILES org.kde.kruler.appdata.xml    DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR} )
 install( FILES kruler.notifyrc  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_KNOTIFY5RCDIR} )
 install( FILES move.wav  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/kruler/sounds )
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
 
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 7fe4dd3..1932cac 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,57 +1,59 @@
 /***************************************************************************
                           main.cpp  -  description
                              -------------------
     Copyright            : (C) 2000 - 2008 by Till Krech <till@snafu.de>
                            (C) 2009        by Mathias Soeken <msoeken@tzi.de>
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 /***************************************************************************
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include <QApplication>
 
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 
 #include "klineal.h"
 
+#include "kruler_version.h"
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   QApplication a( argc, argv );
   a.setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps, true);
   Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator migrate(QStringLiteral("kruler"));
   migrate.setConfigFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("krulerrc") << QStringLiteral("kruler.notifyrc"));
   migrate.setUiFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("krulerui.rc"));
   migrate.migrate();
 
   KAboutData aboutData( QStringLiteral("kruler"), i18n( "KDE Screen Ruler" ),
-    QStringLiteral("5.0"), // version string
+    QStringLiteral(KRULER_VERSION_STRING),
     i18n( "A screen ruler by KDE" ),
     KAboutLicense::GPL,
     i18n( "(c) 2000 - 2008, Till Krech\n(c) 2009, Mathias Soeken" ) );
   aboutData.addAuthor( i18n( "Mathias Soeken" ), i18n( "Maintainer" ), QStringLiteral("msoeken@tzi.de") );
   aboutData.addAuthor( i18n( "Till Krech" ), i18n( "Former Maintainer and Developer" ), QStringLiteral("till@snafu.de") );
   aboutData.addCredit( i18n( "Gunnstein Lye" ),i18n( "Initial port to KDE 2" ), QStringLiteral("gl@ez.no") );
   aboutData.setTranslator( i18nc( "NAME OF TRANSLATORS", "Your names" ), i18nc( "EMAIL OF TRANSLATORS", "Your emails" ) );
   KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
 
   QCommandLineParser parser;
   aboutData.setupCommandLine(&parser);
   parser.process(a);
   aboutData.processCommandLine(&parser);
 
 
   KLineal *ruler = new KLineal();
   ruler->show();
   int ret = a.exec();
   delete ruler;
   return ret;
 }