diff --git a/examples/multithreaded/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/multithreaded/CMakeLists.txt
index 66418655b4..f00ee895da 100644
--- a/examples/multithreaded/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/multithreaded/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ set(UIS  )
 
 add_executable(${EXENAME} WIN32 ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${RESOURCES} ${UIS})
 target_link_libraries(${EXENAME} JKQTPExampleToolsLib)
-target_include_directories(${EXENAME} PRIVATE ../../lib)
+target_include_directories(${EXENAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../lib)
+
 if(JKQtPlotter_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     target_link_libraries(${EXENAME} JKQTPlotterLib)
 
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 0073f4f0f3..0ac2bd5a2f 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ message( STATUS ".. BUILDING LIBRARIES" )
 message( STATUS "............................................................................." )
 
 
+set(JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_FILE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+set(JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_FILE ${JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_FILE_DIR}/jkqtplotter_version.h)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/jkqtplotter_version.h.in
-               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/jkqtplotter_version.h)
-
+               ${JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_FILE})
 
 include_directories(.)
 
diff --git a/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt
index af2c319a64..73b873192b 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/jkqtplotter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ function(JKQtPlottter_setDefaultLibOptions TARGETNAME)
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../>
         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
     )
+    target_include_directories(${TARGETNAME} PUBLIC
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_FILE_DIR}>
+        $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+    )
 
     # precomiled headers to speed up compilation
     if (JKQtPlotter_BUILD_WITH_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS)
@@ -285,6 +289,7 @@ install(FILES ${HEADERS_GUI}
 		DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir}/gui
 		COMPONENT Headers)
 
+install(FILES ${JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_FILE} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${libIncludeSubdir} COMPONENT Headers )
 configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/readme.txt.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libBasename}_Readme.txt @ONLY)
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${libBasename}_Readme.txt" DESTINATION doc/JKQtPlotter )
 install(FILES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE" DESTINATION doc/JKQtPlotter RENAME "${libBasename}_LICENSE.txt" )
diff --git a/lib/jkqtplotter_version.h.in b/lib/jkqtplotter_version.h.in
index d6c58b4207..ff32fec70b 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtplotter_version.h.in
+++ b/lib/jkqtplotter_version.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-    Copyright (c) 2008-2022 Jan W. Krieger (<jan@jkrieger.de>)
+    Copyright (c) 2008-2024 Jan W. Krieger (<jan@jkrieger.de>)
 
     
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION {
   const char* PROJECT_LONGNAME = "@PROJECT_LONGNAME@";
   const char* PROJECT_VERSION = "@PROJECT_VERSION@";
   const char* PROJECT_BITNESS = "@PROJECT_BITNESS@";
+  const char* PROJECT_BUILDTYPE = "@CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE@";
+  const char* PROJECT_COMPILED_AGAINST_QT_VERSION = "@QT_VERSION@";
 }
 
-#JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_DEFINES_H
+#endif // JKQTPLOTTER_VERSION_DEFINES_H