diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index 5f6240ea..b8d45175 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define SPDLOG_VERSION "1.0.0-rc"
-
 #include "spdlog/tweakme.h"
 
 #include <atomic>
diff --git a/include/spdlog/version.h b/include/spdlog/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..729fcba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/spdlog/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//
+// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#define SPDLOG_VER_MAJOR 1
+#define SPDLOG_VER_MINOR 0
+#define SPDLOG_VER_PATCH 0
+
+#define SPDLOG_VERSION (SPDLOG_VER_MAJOR * 10000 + SPDLOG_VER_MINOR * 100 + SPDLOG_VER_PATCH)