diff --git a/nim.nimble b/nim.nimble
index db4dd1028d..f6df78e843 100644
--- a/nim.nimble
+++ b/nim.nimble
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-version = system.NimVersion
+include "lib/system/compilation.nim"
+version = $NimMajor & "." & $NimMinor & "." & $NimPatch
 author = "Andreas Rumpf"
 description = "Compiler package providing the compiler sources as a library."
 license = "MIT"