diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c0a0b979f4b..a04ed8a959b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 add_library(app_version INTERFACE)
-target_include_directories(app_version INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
+target_include_directories(app_version
+  INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>
+  INTERFACE $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/src>)
 install(TARGETS app_version EXPORT QtCreator)
 
 add_subdirectory(libs)
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ef67b2943c..dfb38ddd4bb 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 configure_file(app_version.h.cmakein app_version.h ESCAPE_QUOTES)
 
+install(
+  FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/app_version.h
+  DESTINATION include/src/app
+  COMPONENT Devel EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+)
+
 add_qtc_executable(qtcreator
   DEFINES IDE_LIBRARY_BASENAME=\"${IDE_LIBRARY_BASE_PATH}\"
   DEPENDS Aggregation ExtensionSystem Qt5::Core Qt5::Widgets Utils shared_qtsingleapplication app_version