diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
index 4275c48..21bbf00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - run: git fetch --tags --force
 
     - name: Install Qt
       uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b87f25c..752aa1c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,43 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-project(QtAwesome)
+
+#Set The Current Version Number to use as fallback if GIT Fails.
+set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_MAJOR 6)
+set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_MINOR 5)
+set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_TWEAK 0)
+# Get the version from git if it's a git repository
+if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
+  find_package(Git)
+  if(GIT_FOUND)
+    execute_process(
+      COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags --long --match "font-awesome-*" --always
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE GITREV
+      ERROR_QUIET
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+      string(FIND ${GITREV} "font-awesome-" isRev)
+      if(NOT ifRev EQUAL -1)
+        string(REGEX MATCH [0-9]+ MAJOR ${GITREV})
+        string(REGEX MATCH \\.[0-9]+ MINOR ${GITREV})
+        string(REPLACE "." "" MINOR "${MINOR}")
+        string(REGEX MATCH [0-9]+\- PATCH ${GITREV})
+        string(REPLACE "-" "" PATCH "${PATCH}")
+        string(REGEX MATCH \-[0-9]+\- TWEAK ${GITREV})
+        string(REPLACE "-" "" TWEAK "${TWEAK}")
+        set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_MAJOR ${MAJOR})
+        set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_MINOR ${MINOR})
+        set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_PATCH ${PATCH})
+        set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_TWEAK ${TWEAK})
+      elseif(NOT ${GITREV} STREQUAL "")
+        set(QTAWESOME_VERSION_TWEAK ${GITREV})
+      endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+set(QTAWESOME_VERSION "${QTAWESOME_VERSION_MAJOR}.${QTAWESOME_VERSION_MINOR}.${QTAWESOME_VERSION_PATCH}.${QTAWESOME_VERSION_TWEAK}")
+message(STATUS "Building QTAWESOME: ${QTAWESOME_VERSION}")
+
+project(QtAwesome VERSION ${QTAWESOME_VERSION})
 
 find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets)