diff --git a/cosmic-settings/build.rs b/cosmic-settings/build.rs
index 5be3e7c..2f8995a 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/build.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/build.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,33 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{env, fs};
 use xdgen::{App, Context, FluentString};
 
+fn get_cosmic_version() -> String {
+    // Try to get version from git describe
+    if let Ok(output) = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .args(["describe", "--tags", "--always", "--dirty"])
+        .output()
+    {
+        if output.status.success() {
+            let version = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
+                .trim()
+                .to_string();
+            if !version.is_empty() && version != "unknown" {
+                return format!("COSMIC {}", version);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // Fallback to cargo package version
+    format!("COSMIC {}", env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").unwrap_or_else(|_| "unknown".to_string()))
+}
+
 fn main() {
+    // Print the version for debugging
+    let version = get_cosmic_version();
+    println!("cargo:warning=COSMIC version: {}", version);
+    
+    // Set as a compile-time constant
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=COSMIC_VERSION={}", version);
+    
     let ctx = Context::new("../i18n", env::var("CARGO_PKG_NAME").unwrap()).unwrap();
 
     [
diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs
index d169ddb..face33e 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/about.rs
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ fn os() -> Section<crate::pages::Message> {
         os = fl!("about-os", "os");
         os_arch = fl!("about-os", "os-architecture");
         kernel = fl!("about-os", "kernel");
+        cosmic_version = fl!("about-os", "cosmic-version");
         desktop = fl!("about-os", "desktop-environment");
         windowing_system = fl!("about-os", "windowing-system");
     });
@@ -272,6 +273,13 @@ fn os() -> Section<crate::pages::Message> {
                     settings::flex_item(&*desc[kernel], text::body(&page.info.kernel_version))
                         .align_items(Alignment::Center),
                 )
+                .add(
+                    settings::flex_item(
+                        &*desc[cosmic_version],
+                        text::body(&page.info.cosmic_version),
+                    )
+                    .align_items(Alignment::Center),
+                )
                 .add(
                     settings::flex_item(
                         &*desc[desktop],
diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs
index 69b3540..48527f2 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/system/info.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 #[must_use]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Info {
+    pub cosmic_version: String,
     pub desktop_environment: String,
     pub device_name: String,
     pub disk_capacity: String,
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ impl Info {
 
     pub async fn load() -> Info {
         let mut info = Info {
+            cosmic_version: env!("COSMIC_VERSION").to_string(),
             os_architecture: architecture(),
             kernel_version: kernel_version(),
             hardware_model: hardware_model(),
diff --git a/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl b/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl
index f5a614e..02f9437 100644
--- a/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl
+++ b/i18n/en/cosmic_settings.ftl
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ about-os = Operating system
     .os = Operating system
     .os-architecture = Operating system architecture
     .kernel = Kernel version
+    .cosmic-version = COSMIC version
     .desktop-environment = Desktop environment
     .windowing-system = Windowing system