diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5fd5353..b37b037 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ endif
 vcs = vcs_tag(
     input: 'resources/version.hpp.in',
     output: 'version.hpp',
+    install_dir: 'resources',
     fallback: '0.1.0'
 )