diff --git a/build.bat b/build.bat
index 2dc8158..58f7d3a 100644
--- a/build.bat
+++ b/build.bat
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ set STDXALLOCATOR=
 set STDXALLOCATORBLOCKS=
 set OBIN=bin\dfmt
 
+:: git might not be installed, so we provide 0.0.0 as a fallback or use
+:: the existing githash file if existent
+if not exist "bin" mkdir bin
+git describe --tags > bin\githash_.txt
+for /f %%i in ("bin\githash_.txt") do set githashsize=%%~zi
+if %githashsize% == 0 (
+	if not exist "bin\githash.txt" (
+		echo v0.0.0 > bin\githash.txt
+	)
+) else (
+	move /y bin\githash_.txt bin\githash.txt
+)
+
+
 for %%x in (src\dfmt\*.d) do set CORE=!CORE! %%x
 for %%x in (libdparse\src\std\experimental\*.d) do set STD=!STD! %%x
 for %%x in (libdparse\src\dparse\*.d) do set STDD=!STDD! %%x
@@ -18,6 +32,6 @@ for %%x in (stdx-allocator\source\stdx\allocator\*.d) do set STDXALLOCATOR=!STDX
 for %%x in (stdx-allocator\source\stdx\allocator\building_blocks\*.d) do set STDXALLOCATORBLOCKS=!STDXALLOCATORBLOCKS! %%x
 
 @echo on
-%DC% %CORE% %STD% %STDD% %STDE% %STDXALLOCATOR% %STDXALLOCATORBLOCKS% -I"stdx-allocator\source" -I"libdparse\src" %DFLAGS% -of%OBIN%.exe
+%DC% %CORE% %STD% %STDD% %STDE% %STDXALLOCATOR% %STDXALLOCATORBLOCKS% -I"stdx-allocator\source" -I"libdparse\src" -Jbin %DFLAGS% -of%OBIN%.exe
 
 if exist %OBIN%.obj del %OBIN%.obj
diff --git a/dub.json b/dub.json
index e8394d1..b281ded 100644
--- a/dub.json
+++ b/dub.json
@@ -8,4 +8,13 @@
     },
     "targetPath" : "bin/",
     "targetName" : "dfmt",
+    "stringImportPaths" : [
+      "bin"
+    ],
+    "versions" : [
+        "built_with_dub"
+    ],
+    "preGenerateCommands" : [
+      "rdmd --eval=\"auto dir=environment.get(\\\"DUB_PACKAGE_DIR\\\"); dir.buildPath(\\\"bin\\\").mkdirRecurse; auto gitVer = (\\\"git -C \\\"~dir~\\\" describe --tags\\\").executeShell; (gitVer.status == 0 ? gitVer.output.strip : \\\"v\\\" ~ dir.dirName.baseName.findSplitAfter(environment.get(\\\"DUB_ROOT_PACKAGE\\\")~\\\"-\\\")[1]).ifThrown(\\\"0.0.0\\\").chain(newline).to!string.toFile(dir.buildPath(\\\"bin\\\", \\\"dubhash.txt\\\"));\""
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index e67be44..9a2ca55 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 SRC := $(shell find src -name "*.d") \
 	$(shell find libdparse/src -name "*.d") \
 	$(shell find stdx-allocator/source -name "*.d")
-INCLUDE_PATHS := -Ilibdparse/src -Istdx-allocator/source -Isrc
-DMD_COMMON_FLAGS := -dip25 -w $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -Jviews
+INCLUDE_PATHS := -Ilibdparse/src -Istdx-allocator/source -Isrc -Jbin
+DMD_COMMON_FLAGS := -dip25 -w $(INCLUDE_PATHS)
 DMD_DEBUG_FLAGS := -debug -g $(DMD_COMMON_FLAGS)
 DMD_FLAGS := -O -inline $(DMD_COMMON_FLAGS)
 DMD_TEST_FLAGS := -unittest -g $(DMD_COMMON_FLAGS)
@@ -16,27 +16,27 @@ GDC ?= gdc
 
 dmd: bin/dfmt
 
-views/VERSION : .git/refs/tags .git/HEAD
-	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	git describe --tags > $@
+githash:
+	mkdir -p bin
+	git describe --tags > bin/githash.txt
 
-ldc: $(SRC)
-	$(LDC) $(LDC_FLAGS) $^ -ofbin/dfmt
+ldc: githash
+	$(LDC) $(SRC) $(LDC_FLAGS) -ofbin/dfmt
 	-rm -f *.o
 
-gdc: $(SRC)
-	$(GDC) $(GDC_FLAGS) $^ -obin/dfmt
+gdc:githash
+	$(GDC) $(SRC) $(GDC_FLAGS) -obin/dfmt
 
 test: debug
 	cd tests && ./test.sh
 
-bin/dfmt-test: $(SRC)
+bin/dfmt-test: githash $(SRC)
 	$(DC) $(DMD_TEST_FLAGS) $^ -of$@
 
-bin/dfmt: views/VERSION $(SRC)
+bin/dfmt: githash $(SRC)
 	$(DC) $(DMD_FLAGS) $(filter %.d,$^) -of$@
 
-debug: views/VERSION $(SRC)
+debug: githash $(SRC)
 	$(DC) $(DMD_DEBUG_FLAGS) $(filter %.d,$^) -ofbin/dfmt
 
 pkg: dmd
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ clean:
 
 release:
 	./release.sh
+	githash
diff --git a/release-windows.sh b/release-windows.sh
index c482d42..956982a 100755
--- a/release-windows.sh
+++ b/release-windows.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ fi
 archiveName="dfmt-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH_SUFFIX.zip"
 echo "Building $archiveName"
 mkdir -p bin
+git describe --tags > bin/githash.txt # no git installed under Wine
 DC="$DIR/dmd2/windows/bin/dmd.exe" wine cmd /C build.bat
 
 cd bin
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 1d345fc..96b57c3 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ esac
 archiveName="dfmt-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH_SUFFIX.tar.gz"
 
 echo "Building $archiveName"
-${MAKE:-make} ldc LDC_FLAGS="${LDC_FLAGS[*]}"
+${MAKE:-make} ldc LDC_FLAGS="${LDC_FLAGS[*]} -Jbin"
 tar cvfz "bin/$archiveName" -C bin dfmt
diff --git a/src/dfmt/main.d b/src/dfmt/main.d
index c229ab9..1e39bb3 100644
--- a/src/dfmt/main.d
+++ b/src/dfmt/main.d
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 //          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
 module dfmt.main;
+
+import std.string : strip;
+
 static immutable VERSION = () {
     debug
     {
@@ -14,49 +17,19 @@ static immutable VERSION = () {
         enum DEBUG_SUFFIX = "";
     }
 
-    static if (is(typeof(import("VERSION"))))
+    version (built_with_dub)
     {
-        // takes the `git describe --tags` output and removes the leading
-        // 'v' as well as any kind of newline
-        // if the tag is considered malformed it gets used verbatim
-
-        enum gitDescribeOutput = import("VERSION");
-
-        string result;
-
-        if (gitDescribeOutput[0] == 'v')
-            result = gitDescribeOutput[1 .. $];
-        else
-            result = null;
-
-        uint minusCount;
-
-        foreach (i, c; result)
-        {
-            if (c == '\n' || c == '\r')
-            {
-                result = result[0 .. i];
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if (c == '-')
-            {
-                ++minusCount;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (minusCount > 1)
-            result = null;
-
-        return result ? result ~ DEBUG_SUFFIX
-            : gitDescribeOutput ~ DEBUG_SUFFIX;
-
+    	enum DFMT_VERSION = import("dubhash.txt").strip;
     }
     else
     {
-        return "unknown"  ~ DEBUG_SUFFIX ~ "-version";
+    	/**
+    	 * Current build's Git commit hash
+    	 */
+    	enum DFMT_VERSION = import("githash.txt").strip;
     }
 
+    return DFMT_VERSION ~ DEBUG_SUFFIX;
 } ();