diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bd09527d..4ad859b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,15 +112,12 @@ if(GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
     # of files that depend on version.h
     include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
     get_git_head_revision(REFSPEC COMMITHASH)
-else()
-    message(WARNING "Git not found, cannot set version info")
 endif()
 
-# no git or no tags
+# no git or no tags, use ChangeLog
 if(NOT VERSION)
-    set(VERSION  2.0.0)
-    set(REVISION "unknown")
-    set(VERSION_RELEASE 0)
+    include(ChangeLogVersion)
+    changelog_version(VERSION REVISION VERSION_RELEASE)
 endif()
 
 # generate version.h
diff --git a/cmake/ChangeLogVersion.cmake b/cmake/ChangeLogVersion.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..101d23bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/ChangeLogVersion.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+function(changelog_version version revision version_release)
+    set(${version}         "" CACHE STRING "Latest ChangeLog Version"  FORCE)
+    set(${revision}        "" CACHE STRING "Latest ChangeLog Revision" FORCE)
+    set(${version_release} 0  CACHE STRING "Is this a versioned release without revision" FORCE)
+
+    file(READ CHANGELOG.md changelog_file)
+
+    if(NOT changelog_file)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    string(REGEX MATCH "\n## +\\[([0-9.]+)(-([^] ]+))?\\] +- +[0-9][0-9]?/" match_out "${changelog_file}")
+
+    set(changelog_version "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+
+    set(is_version_release 0)
+    set(changelog_revision "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
+    if(NOT changelog_revision)
+        set(is_version_release 1)
+    endif()
+
+    set(${version}         "${changelog_version}"  CACHE STRING "Latest ChangeLog Version"  FORCE)
+    set(${revision}        "${changelog_revision}" CACHE STRING "Latest ChangeLog Revision" FORCE)
+    set(${version_release} "${is_version_release}" CACHE STRING "Is this a versioned release without revision" FORCE)
+endfunction()