diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 51bf21f900..e477788a63 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ endif
 
 version.c: FORCE | $(dir_target)
 	echo "$(build_date)" | awk 'BEGIN {} {print "const char *janus_build_git_time = \""$$0"\";"} END {} ' >> version.c
+	echo "$(JANUS_VERSION)" | awk 'BEGIN {} {print "int janus_version = "$$0";"} END {} ' >> version.c
+	echo "$(JANUS_VERSION_STRING)" | awk 'BEGIN {} {print "const char *janus_version_string = \""$$0"\";"} END {} ' >> version.c
 
 $(dir_present):
 	`which git` rev-parse HEAD | awk 'BEGIN {print "#include \"version.h\""} {print "const char *janus_build_git_sha = \"" $$0"\";"} END {}' > version.c
@@ -452,6 +454,7 @@ janus_pp_rec_SOURCES = \
 	postprocessing/pp-webm.h \
 	postprocessing/janus-pp-rec.c \
 	log.c \
+	version.c \
 	$(NULL)
 
 janus_pp_rec_CFLAGS = \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 559a960a60..c78b8882e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 LT_PREREQ([2.2])
 LT_INIT
 
+JANUS_VERSION=30
+AC_SUBST(JANUS_VERSION)
+JANUS_VERSION_STRING="0.3.0"
+AC_SUBST(JANUS_VERSION_STRING)
+
 case "$host_os" in
 darwin*)
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include -I/usr/local/include"
diff --git a/janus.c b/janus.c
index f42af7b67e..c8dfd2173f 100644
--- a/janus.c
+++ b/janus.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 
 #define JANUS_NAME				"Janus WebRTC Gateway"
 #define JANUS_AUTHOR			"Meetecho s.r.l."
-#define JANUS_VERSION			30
-#define JANUS_VERSION_STRING	"0.3.0"
 #define JANUS_SERVER_NAME		"MyJanusInstance"
 
 #ifdef __MACH__
@@ -192,8 +190,8 @@ static json_t *janus_info(const char *transaction) {
 	if(transaction != NULL)
 		json_object_set_new(info, "transaction", json_string(transaction));
 	json_object_set_new(info, "name", json_string(JANUS_NAME));
-	json_object_set_new(info, "version", json_integer(JANUS_VERSION));
-	json_object_set_new(info, "version_string", json_string(JANUS_VERSION_STRING));
+	json_object_set_new(info, "version", json_integer(janus_version));
+	json_object_set_new(info, "version_string", json_string(janus_version_string));
 	json_object_set_new(info, "author", json_string(JANUS_AUTHOR));
 	json_object_set_new(info, "commit-hash", json_string(janus_build_git_sha));
 	json_object_set_new(info, "compile-time", json_string(janus_build_git_time));
@@ -3176,7 +3174,7 @@ gint main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(1);
 
 	JANUS_PRINT("---------------------------------------------------\n");
-	JANUS_PRINT("  Starting Meetecho Janus (WebRTC Gateway) v%s\n", JANUS_VERSION_STRING);
+	JANUS_PRINT("  Starting Meetecho Janus (WebRTC Gateway) v%s\n", janus_version_string);
 	JANUS_PRINT("---------------------------------------------------\n\n");
 
 	/* Handle SIGINT (CTRL-C), SIGTERM (from service managers) */
diff --git a/postprocessing/janus-pp-rec.c b/postprocessing/janus-pp-rec.c
index 91ab40a4b0..51e2f44c50 100644
--- a/postprocessing/janus-pp-rec.c
+++ b/postprocessing/janus-pp-rec.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include <jansson.h>
 
 #include "../debug.h"
+#include "../version.h"
 #include "pp-rtp.h"
 #include "pp-webm.h"
 #include "pp-h264.h"
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	janus_log_init(FALSE, TRUE, NULL);
 	atexit(janus_log_destroy);
 
+	JANUS_LOG(LOG_INFO, "Janus version: %d (%s)\n", janus_version, janus_version_string);
+	JANUS_LOG(LOG_INFO, "Janus commit: %s\n", janus_build_git_sha);
+	JANUS_LOG(LOG_INFO, "Compiled on:  %s\n\n", janus_build_git_time);
+
 	/* Check the JANUS_PPREC_DEBUG environment variable for the debugging level */
 	if(g_getenv("JANUS_PPREC_DEBUG") != NULL) {
 		int val = atoi(g_getenv("JANUS_PPREC_DEBUG"));
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 6050cfdd3a..703d9fb5e0 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #ifndef _JANUS_VERSION_H
 #define _JANUS_VERSION_H
 
+extern int janus_version;
+extern const char *janus_version_string;
 extern const char *janus_build_git_time;
 extern const char *janus_build_git_sha;