diff --git a/include/gint/config.h.in b/include/gint/config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d8b414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/gint/config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//---
+//	config - Compile-time generate configuration
+//---
+
+#ifndef GINT_CONFIG
+#define GINT_CONFIG
+
+#include <gint/defs/types.h>
+
+/* GINT_VERSION: Latest tag and number of additional commits
+     "2.1.0"   = Release 2.1.0
+     "2.1.1-5" = 5 commits after release 2.1.1 */
+#define GINT_VERSION @GINT_VERSION@
+
+/* GINT_HASH: Commit hash with 7 digits
+     0x03f7c0a0 = Commit 3f7c0a0 */
+#define GINT_HASH @GINT_HASH@
+
+#endif /* GINT_CONFIG */
diff --git a/include/gint/gint.h b/include/gint/gint.h
index e086e4b..5d041e2 100644
--- a/include/gint/gint.h
+++ b/include/gint/gint.h
@@ -6,15 +6,7 @@
 #define GINT_GINT
 
 #include <gint/defs/types.h>
-
-/* GINT_VERSION - the library version number
-
-   gint is versioned from its repository commits on the master branch. The
-   GINT_VERSION integer contains the short commit hash with 7 digits.
-
-   For instance, 0x03f7c0a0 means commit 3f7c0a0. */
-extern char GINT_VERSION;
-#define GINT_VERSION ((uint32_t)&GINT_VERSION)
+#include <gint/config.h>
 
 /* gint_switch(): Switch out of gint to execute a function
 
diff --git a/make/Makefile b/make/Makefile
index 70a4e7d..40a34e8 100755
--- a/make/Makefile
+++ b/make/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ machine ?= -m4-nofpu -mb
 endif
 
 # Compiler flags, assembler flags, dependency generation, archiving
-inc     := -I ../include
+inc     := -I ../include -I include
 cflags  := $(machine) -ffreestanding -nostdlib -Wall -Wextra -std=c11 -Os \
            -fstrict-volatile-bitfields $(inc) $(CONFIG.MACROS) \
            $(CONFIG.CFLAGS)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ src_obj  := $(foreach s,$(src),$(call src2obj,$s))
 # Files with special handling
 spe-fx  := ../src/font5x7.png
 spe-cg  := ../src/font8x9.png
-spe_obj := version.o $(foreach s,$(spe-$(CONFIG.TARGET)),$(call src2obj,$s))
+spe_obj := $(foreach s,$(spe-$(CONFIG.TARGET)),$(call src2obj,$s))
 
 # All object files
 obj := $(src_obj) $(spe_obj)
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ objcopy	= $(CONFIG.TOOLCHAIN)-objcopy
 
 # Version symbol is obtained by using the last commit hash on 7 nibbles
 version_hash = 0x0$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+# Version number: closest tag, with additional commits
+version_number = $(shell git describe --tag --always | cut -d- -f1-2)
 
 
 #
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ version_hash = 0x0$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
 all: $(target)
 
-$(target): $(obj)
+$(target): include/gint/config.h $(obj)
 	@ rm -f $@
 	$(call cmd_l,ar,$@) $(ar) rcs $(arflags) $@ $^
 
@@ -113,6 +115,11 @@ src/%.c.o: ../src/%.c src/%.c.d
 	$(call cmd_b,gcc,$*.c) $(gcc) -c $< -o $@ $(dflags) $(cflags)
 
 # Special files
+include/gint/config.h: ../include/gint/config.h.in $(gitfile)
+	@ mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(call cmd_m,sed,$@) cp $< $@
+	@ sed -i'' 's/@GINT_VERSION@/"$(version_number)"/' $@
+	@ sed -i'' 's/@GINT_HASH@/$(version_hash)/' $@
 $(call src2obj,../src/font5x7.png): ../src/font5x7.png
 	@ mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call cmd_m,fxconv,font5x7.png) fxconv -f $< -o $@ \
@@ -125,19 +132,12 @@ $(call src2obj,../src/font8x9.png): ../src/font8x9.png
 		charset:print grid.size:8x11 grid.padding:1 grid.border:0 \
 		proportional:true height:9
 
-# Version symbol. ld generates a .stack section for unknown reasons; I remove
-# it in the linker script.
-version.o: $(gitfile)
-	@ mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	@ echo "_GINT_VERSION = $(version_hash);" > $@.txt
-	$(call cmd_b,ld,$@) $(ld) -r -R $@.txt -o $@
-
 #
 #  Cleaning
 #
 
 clean:
-	@ rm -rf src version.o{,txt}
+	@ rm -rf src include
 distclean: clean
 	@ rm -rf Makefile $(CONFIG) $(target)
 
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ install: $(target)
 	install -d $(PREFIX)
 	install $(target) $(m644) $(PREFIX)
 	install ../$(CONFIG.TARGET.LONG).ld $(m644) $(PREFIX)
-	cp -r ../include/gint $(PREFIX)/include
+	install -d $(PREFIX)/include/gint
+	cp ../include/gint/*.h $(PREFIX)/include/gint/
+	cp include/gint/*.h $(PREFIX)/include/gint/
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f $(PREFIX)/$(target)