diff --git a/src/daemon/meson.build b/src/daemon/meson.build
index 0761224d7..a224d044d 100644
--- a/src/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/src/daemon/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pipewire_c_args = [
 ]
 
 conf_config = configuration_data()
+conf_config.set('VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(pipewire_version))
 conf_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('sysconfdir'), 'pipewire')
 
 configure_file(input : 'pipewire.conf.in',
diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
index 65a4fc2e0..3e00578ed 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#daemon config file for PipeWire version @VERSION@
 #load-module libpipewire-module-protocol-dbus
 load-module libpipewire-module-rtkit
 load-module libpipewire-module-protocol-native