diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c46d1b98..a18aeff8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags --dirty=-dev
 if(git_result EQUAL "0")
   set(APP_VERSION "${git_describe}")
 else()
+  message(STATUS "Could not detect version with git, falling back to built-in version information.")
   set(APP_VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/05-summary.cmake b/cmake/05-summary.cmake
index b14d9c5e..42a3a335 100644
--- a/cmake/05-summary.cmake
+++ b/cmake/05-summary.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 message(STATUS " Build:")
+message_colored(STATUS "   Version: ${APP_VERSION}" "32;1")
 message_colored(STATUS "   Type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" "37;2")
 message_colored(STATUS "   CC: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}" "37;2")
 message_colored(STATUS "   CXX: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}}" "37;2")