diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 26aff555aaf9dc5fb27c01dbce6fb652c5ad993d..336ad0637b2482d8596ef995f3b4085ad327e236 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ set(ZIG_INSTALL_ARGS "build"
     ${ZIG_SINGLE_THREADED_ARG}
     "-Dtarget=${ZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE}"
     "-Dcpu=${ZIG_TARGET_MCPU}"
+    "-Dversion-string=${ZIG_VERSION}"
 )
 
 add_custom_target(stage3 ALL