diff --git a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ebd922e2..a5abf43ec 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ add_library(libslic3r STATIC
     PrintConfig.hpp
     PrintObject.cpp
     PrintRegion.cpp
+    Semver.cpp
     SLAPrint.cpp
     SLAPrint.hpp
     SLA/SLAAutoSupports.hpp
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Semver.cpp b/src/libslic3r/Semver.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d36b39f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Semver.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "libslic3r.h"
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+Semver SEMVER { SLIC3R_VERSION };
+
+}
diff --git a/src/slic3r/Utils/Semver.hpp b/src/libslic3r/Semver.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/slic3r/Utils/Semver.hpp
rename to src/libslic3r/Semver.hpp
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/libslic3r.h b/src/libslic3r/libslic3r.h
index dc2b6a4ec..afbf94fa3 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/libslic3r.h
+++ b/src/libslic3r/libslic3r.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <cmath>
 
 #include "Technologies.hpp"
+#include "Semver.hpp"
 
 typedef int32_t coord_t;
 typedef double  coordf_t;
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ inline std::string debug_out_path(const char *name, ...)
 
 namespace Slic3r {
 
+extern Semver SEMVER;
+
 template<typename T, typename Q>
 inline T unscale(Q v) { return T(v) * T(SCALING_FACTOR); }
 
diff --git a/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.cpp b/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.cpp
index b208554b5..3757ec25b 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ const Snapshot&	SnapshotDB::take_snapshot(const AppConfig &app_config, Snapshot:
 	// Snapshot header.
 	snapshot.time_captured 			 = Slic3r::Utils::get_current_time_utc();
 	snapshot.id 					 = Slic3r::Utils::format_time_ISO8601Z(snapshot.time_captured);
-	snapshot.slic3r_version_captured = *Semver::parse(SLIC3R_VERSION);     // XXX:  have Semver Slic3r version
+	snapshot.slic3r_version_captured = Slic3r::SEMVER;
 	snapshot.comment 				 = comment;
 	snapshot.reason 				 = reason;
 	// Active presets at the time of the snapshot.
diff --git a/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.hpp b/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.hpp
index a916dfe92..9a7391691 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/Config/Snapshot.hpp
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
+#include "libslic3r/Semver.hpp"
 #include "Version.hpp"
-#include "../Utils/Semver.hpp"
 
 namespace Slic3r { 
 
diff --git a/src/slic3r/Config/Version.cpp b/src/slic3r/Config/Version.cpp
index 865884c6f..175abff69 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/Config/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/Config/Version.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ namespace Slic3r {
 namespace GUI {
 namespace Config {
 
-static const Semver s_current_slic3r_semver(SLIC3R_VERSION);
 
 // Optimized lexicographic compare of two pre-release versions, ignoring the numeric suffix.
 static int compare_prerelease(const char *p1, const char *p2)
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ bool Version::is_slic3r_supported(const Semver &slic3r_version) const
 
 bool Version::is_current_slic3r_supported() const
 {
-	return this->is_slic3r_supported(s_current_slic3r_semver);
+	return this->is_slic3r_supported(Slic3r::SEMVER);
 }
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/src/slic3r/Config/Version.hpp b/src/slic3r/Config/Version.hpp
index 560bc29c2..19c565ffb 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/Config/Version.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/Config/Version.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 #include "libslic3r/FileParserError.hpp"
-#include "../Utils/Semver.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/Semver.hpp"
 
 namespace Slic3r { 
 namespace GUI {
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/AppConfig.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/AppConfig.hpp
index 230a92294..8ad17b9db 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/AppConfig.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/AppConfig.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "libslic3r/Config.hpp"
-#include "slic3r/Utils/Semver.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/Semver.hpp"
 
 namespace Slic3r {
 
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/MsgDialog.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/MsgDialog.hpp
index ad4bbcc97..5a4929849 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/MsgDialog.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/MsgDialog.hpp
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #include <wx/font.h>
 #include <wx/bitmap.h>
 
-#include "slic3r/Utils/Semver.hpp"
-
 class wxBoxSizer;
 class wxCheckBox;
 class wxStaticBitmap;
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Preset.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Preset.hpp
index 8fd1652a8..e1efdc1ef 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Preset.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Preset.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "libslic3r/libslic3r.h"
 #include "libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp"
-#include "slic3r/Utils/Semver.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/Semver.hpp"
 
 class wxBitmap;
 class wxBitmapComboBox;
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/UpdateDialogs.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/UpdateDialogs.hpp
index 2a580e251..4b61b84c2 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/UpdateDialogs.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/UpdateDialogs.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "slic3r/Utils/Semver.hpp"
+#include "libslic3r/Semver.hpp"
 #include "MsgDialog.hpp"
 
 class wxBoxSizer;
diff --git a/src/slic3r/Utils/PresetUpdater.cpp b/src/slic3r/Utils/PresetUpdater.cpp
index 3f3139cad..589db36dc 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/Utils/PresetUpdater.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/Utils/PresetUpdater.cpp
@@ -124,25 +124,12 @@ struct Updates
 	std::vector<Update> updates;
 };
 
-static Semver get_slic3r_version()
-{
-	auto res = Semver::parse(SLIC3R_VERSION);
-
-	if (! res) {
-		const char *error = "Could not parse Slic3r version string: " SLIC3R_VERSION;
-		BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << error;
-		throw std::runtime_error(error);
-	}
-
-	return *res;
-}
 
 wxDEFINE_EVENT(EVT_SLIC3R_VERSION_ONLINE, wxCommandEvent);
 
 
 struct PresetUpdater::priv
 {
-	const Semver ver_slic3r;
 	std::vector<Index> index_db;
 
 	bool enabled_version_check;
@@ -170,8 +157,7 @@ struct PresetUpdater::priv
 };
 
 PresetUpdater::priv::priv()
-	: ver_slic3r(get_slic3r_version())
-	, cache_path(fs::path(Slic3r::data_dir()) / "cache")
+	: cache_path(fs::path(Slic3r::data_dir()) / "cache")
 	, rsrc_path(fs::path(resources_dir()) / "profiles")
 	, vendor_path(fs::path(Slic3r::data_dir()) / "vendor")
 	, cancel(false)
@@ -594,8 +580,8 @@ void PresetUpdater::slic3r_update_notify()
 
 	if (ver_online) {
 		// Only display the notification if the version available online is newer AND if we haven't seen it before
-		if (*ver_online > p->ver_slic3r && (! ver_online_seen || *ver_online_seen < *ver_online)) {
-			GUI::MsgUpdateSlic3r notification(p->ver_slic3r, *ver_online);
+		if (*ver_online > Slic3r::SEMVER && (! ver_online_seen || *ver_online_seen < *ver_online)) {
+			GUI::MsgUpdateSlic3r notification(Slic3r::SEMVER, *ver_online);
 			notification.ShowModal();
 			if (notification.disable_version_check()) {
 				app_config->set("version_check", "0");