diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in
index 37119f725..31854fe67 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ require Exporter;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 
+use constant ZM_VERSION => "@VERSION";
+
 # Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export
 # names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead.
 # Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants.
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 # This allows declaration	use ZoneMinder ':all';
 # If you do not need this, moving things directly into @EXPORT or @EXPORT_OK
 # will save memory.
-our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ qw() ] );
+our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ qw(ZM_VERSION) ] );
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } );