diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ee40b4657..8b9529791 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE', 'pulseaudio')
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_NAME', 'pulseaudio')
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', pa_version)
 cdata.set_quoted('CANONICAL_HOST', host_machine.cpu())
+cdata.set('PA_MAJOR', pa_version_major)
+cdata.set('PA_MINOR', pa_version_minor)
+cdata.set('PA_API_VERSION', pa_api_version)
+cdata.set('PA_PROTOCOL_VERSION', pa_protocol_version)
 cdata.set_quoted('PA_MACHINE_ID', join_paths(sysconfdir, 'machine-id'))
 cdata.set_quoted('PA_MACHINE_ID_FALLBACK', join_paths(localstatedir, 'lib', 'dbus', 'machine-id'))
 cdata.set_quoted('PA_SRCDIR', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'src'))
diff --git a/src/pulse/meson.build b/src/pulse/meson.build
index d1d816ffd..91b0ca607 100644
--- a/src/pulse/meson.build
+++ b/src/pulse/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+configure_file(input : 'version.h.in', output :  'version.h', configuration : cdata)
+
 libpulse_sources = [
   'channelmap.c',
   'context.c',