diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e0a95504b866..2243d7949a0e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ IF (WIN32)
   SET (QGIS_BIN_DIR    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
   SET (QGIS_DATA_DIR   ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/qgis)
   SET (QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/qgis)
+  SET (QGIS_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 
   SET (CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc")
   SET (CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc")
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ ELSE (WIN32)
   SET (QGIS_BIN_DIR    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
   SET (QGIS_DATA_DIR   ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/qgis)
   SET (QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/qgis)
+  SET (QGIS_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 
   IF (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPREFIX=\\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}\\")
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ IF (WIN32)
 ELSE (WIN32)
 
   ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(svnversion ALL
-  QGSSVNDEF='\#define QGSSVNVERSION \"'`svnversion .`'\"' &&
+  QGSSVNDEF='\#define QGSSVNVERSION \"'`svnversion ${QGIS_SOURCE_DIR}`'\"' &&
   if [ \"`grep QGSSVNVERSION qgssvnversion.h 2>/dev/null`\" != \"$$QGSSVNDEF\" ]; then 
   echo $$QGSSVNDEF > qgssvnversion.h  \; fi 
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})