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diff --git a/src/version.cc b/src/version.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..401273b6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.cc
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+#include "version.hh"
+
+static char *s = "LilyPond version " VERSIONSTR " compiled on " __DATE__ " at " __TIME__ "\n";
+
+const char *
+get_version()
+{
+   return s;
+}