diff --git a/macOS/build.sh b/macOS/build.sh
index e9d3aeeebe187f2f0a964300ac7b38967ec99661..a992d8f355a0c6761e6bd6880c548384fc2b21d9 100755
--- a/macOS/build.sh
+++ b/macOS/build.sh
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/COPYING                                            "$PKGFILES"
 cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/license.txt                                        "$PKGFILES"
 
 cp -pr "$ROOTDIR"/matlab                                             "$PKGFILES"
+cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/build-matlab/dynare_version.m                      "$PKGFILES"/matlab
+
 cp -pr "$ROOTDIR"/examples                                           "$PKGFILES"
 
 cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/build-matlab/preprocessor/src/dynare-preprocessor  "$PKGFILES"/preprocessor
diff --git a/windows/build.sh b/windows/build.sh
index d7c367984efcc6122acc6fa521a01ec50fca000b..dc5e1cde83c205447af8ae728bff4e3c764192ff 100755
--- a/windows/build.sh
+++ b/windows/build.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ cp -p build-win-octave/*.mex "$ZIPDIR"/mex/octave/win64
 mkdir "$ZIPDIR"/preprocessor
 cp -p build-win-matlab/preprocessor/src/dynare-preprocessor.exe "$ZIPDIR"/preprocessor
 cp -pr matlab "$ZIPDIR"
+cp -p build-win-matlab/dynare_version.m "$ZIPDIR"/matlab
 mkdir -p "$ZIPDIR"/matlab/modules/dseries/externals/x13/windows/64
 cp -p windows/deps/lib64/x13as/x13as.exe "$ZIPDIR"/matlab/modules/dseries/externals/x13/windows/64
 cp -pr examples "$ZIPDIR"
diff --git a/windows/dynare.nsi b/windows/dynare.nsi
index 61282eb4e953e5087bc472df2c5505088cf754df..7efaeb2df1be4cdf40e8f118d4f37780e6c6cb8f 100644
--- a/windows/dynare.nsi
+++ b/windows/dynare.nsi
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Section "Dynare core (preprocessor and M-files)"
  File README.txt ..\NEWS.md ..\license.txt
 
  SetOutPath $INSTDIR\matlab
- File /r ..\matlab\*.m
+ File /r ..\matlab\*.m ..\build-win-matlab\dynare_version.m
 
  SetOutPath $INSTDIR\preprocessor
  File ..\build-win-matlab\preprocessor\src\dynare-preprocessor.exe