diff --git a/cmake/version.cmake b/cmake/version.cmake
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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags --always
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE TFM_VERSION_FULL
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+string(REGEX REPLACE "TF-M" "" TFM_VERSION_FULL ${TFM_VERSION_FULL})
+# remove a commit number
+string(REGEX REPLACE "-[0-9]+-g" "+" TFM_VERSION_FULL ${TFM_VERSION_FULL})
+string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" TFM_VERSION ${TFM_VERSION_FULL})