diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7b134d4229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function(cgal_parse_version_h version_h_file name)
+  file(READ "${version_h_file}" version_file_content)
+  string(REGEX MATCH "define CGAL_VERSION (.*)\n#define *CGAL_VERSION_NR 1(0([0-9])|([1-9][0-9]))([0-9][0-9])([0-9])([0-9][0-9][0-9])" CGAL_VERSION_FOUND "${version_file_content}")
+  if (NOT CGAL_VERSION_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot extract CGAL version number.")
+  endif()
+  set(${name}  "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+  # Now handle the optional arguments, to fill the version numbers
+  # CMAKE_MATCH_2 corresponds to the alternative ([0-9])|([1-9][0-9])).
+  # CMAKE_MATCH_3 and CMAKE_MATCH_4 corresponds to the two sub-expressions
+  # of the alternative, and cannot be non-empty at the same time.
+  set(${ARGV2} "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}${CMAKE_MATCH_4}" PARENT_SCOPE) # major version
+  set(${ARGV3} "${CMAKE_MATCH_5}" PARENT_SCOPE)                 # minor version
+  set(${ARGV4} "${CMAKE_MATCH_6}" PARENT_SCOPE)                 # patch number
+  set(${ARGV5} "${CMAKE_MATCH_7}" PARENT_SCOPE)                 # build number
+endfunction()
diff --git a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake
index 2a7a256add5..947164902bf 100644
--- a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake
+++ b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake
@@ -140,4 +140,13 @@ cgal_setup_module_path()
 
 set(CGAL_USE_FILE ${CGAL_MODULES_DIR}/UseCGAL.cmake)
 
+include("${CGAL_MODULES_DIR}/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake")
+cgal_parse_version_h( "${CGAL_INSTALLATION_PACKAGE_DIR}/include/CGAL/version.h"
+  "CGAL_VERSION_NAME"
+  "CGAL_MAJOR_VERSION"
+  "CGAL_MINOR_VERSION"
+  "CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION"
+  "CGAL_BUILD_VERSION")
+set(CGAL_VERSION "${CGAL_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CGAL_MINOR_VERSION}.${CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION}.${CGAL_BUILD_VERSION}")
+
 include("${CGAL_MODULES_DIR}/CGAL_enable_end_of_configuration_hook.cmake")