diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0cd0943..2d1b934 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ olddoc/Makefile
 olddoc/Makefile.in
 .deps/
 src/lha
+src/version.h
 src/Makefile
 src/Makefile.in
 stamp-h1
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e4ea6ef..4d45d8f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
-EXTRA_DIST = README.md README.jp.md header.doc.md header.doc.jp Hacking_of_LHa
+EXTRA_DIST = README.md README.jp.md header.doc.md header.doc.jp Hacking_of_LHa autogen.sh build-aux/gen-build-version.sh
 SUBDIRS= man olddoc src tests
+
+## Re-run autoconf to regenerate configure and update PACKAGE_VERSION via .tarball-version
+dist-hook:
+	cd $(top_srcdir) && \
+		build-aux/gen-build-version.sh --package --check-clean -o .tarball-version && \
+		$(AUTOCONF) --force
+	mv $(top_srcdir)/.tarball-version $(distdir)
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..99fd77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Exit on error
+set -e
+
+# Check for dependencies
+if ! command -v git &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "git is required but not found. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Run autoreconf to generate configure script
+autoreconf --force --install --symlink
+
+# Run configure
+mkdir build 2>/dev/null || true
+cd build && ../configure "$@"
diff --git a/build-aux/gen-build-version.sh b/build-aux/gen-build-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..970443f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-aux/gen-build-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Print version string derived from Git or .tarball-version
+# If called with --package, output a simplified package version string (written to file if -o is used)
+
+set -e
+
+top_srcdir=$(dirname $0)/..
+
+VERSION_PREFIX="1.14i-ac"
+OUTPUT_FOR_PACKAGE=false
+OUTPUT_FILE=
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --package)
+      OUTPUT_FOR_PACKAGE=true
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --check-clean)
+      CHECK_CLEAN=true
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -o)
+      OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Usage: $0 [--package] [-o <output-file>]" >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Ensure we are inside a clean Git work tree for --package
+check_git_clean_for_package() {
+  if test x"$DIRTY" != x; then
+    echo "Error: working tree is dirty; commit or stash changes before running with packaging" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if test "$IS_INSIDE_WORK_TREE" != true; then
+    echo "Error: not inside a Git repository" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+output_version() {
+  if test x"$OUTPUT_FILE" = x && test -f $top_srcdir/.tarball-version; then
+    version=$(cat $top_srcdir/.tarball-version)
+  elif test "$OUTPUT_FOR_PACKAGE" = true; then
+    version="${VERSION_PREFIX}${DATE}"
+  else
+    version="${VERSION_PREFIX}${DATE}-${HASH}${DIRTY}"
+  fi
+
+  if test x"$OUTPUT_FILE" != x; then
+    echo $version > $OUTPUT_FILE
+  else
+    echo $version
+  fi
+}
+
+# Use Git info to generate full version
+if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  IS_INSIDE_WORK_TREE=true
+  set -- $(git log -1 --date=format:"%Y%m%d" --pretty=format:"%cd %h")
+  DATE=$1 HASH=$2
+
+  DIRTY=""
+  if ! git diff --quiet || ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
+    DIRTY="-dirty"
+    echo "Warning: repository is dirty (has uncommitted changes)" >&2
+  fi
+fi
+
+if test "$CHECK_CLEAN" = true; then
+  check_git_clean_for_package
+fi
+
+output_version
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 834fa3e..2faa9c7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT([LHa for UNIX], 1.14i-ac20220213, jca02266@gmail.com, lha)
+m4_define([VERSION_STRING], m4_esyscmd_s([build-aux/gen-build-version.sh --package]))
+AC_INIT([LHa for UNIX], VERSION_STRING, [jca02266@gmail.com], [lha])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LHA_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS, "$ac_configure_args",
             [specified options for the configure script.])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 22cb686..38d6b7d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@ lha_SOURCES = append.c bitio.c crcio.c dhuf.c extract.c header.c huf.c \
 	lhext.c lhlist.c maketbl.c maketree.c patmatch.c shuf.c slide.c \
 	util.c getopt_long.c getopt_long.h \
 	pm2.c pm2hist.c pm2tree.c \
-	support_utf8.c
+	support_utf8.c version.h.in
 lha_LDADD = @LIBOBJS@
 EXTRA_DIST = lhdir.h fnmatch.h
 AM_CPPFLAGS=$(DEF_KCODE) $(SUPPORT_LZHUFF_METHOD)
+
+BUILT_SOURCES = version.h
+CLEANFILES = version.h
+
+version.h: FORCE
+	@echo "Generating version.h..."
+	@BUILD_VERSION=`sh $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gen-build-version.sh`; \
+	sed "s|@BUILD_VERSION@|$$BUILD_VERSION|" $(srcdir)/version.h.in > $@.tmp
+	@if cmp -s $@.tmp $@; then rm -f $@.tmp; else mv $@.tmp $@; fi
+
+FORCE:
diff --git a/src/lharc.c b/src/lharc.c
index d2ec135..74116e2 100644
--- a/src/lharc.c
+++ b/src/lharc.c
@@ -726,14 +726,16 @@ main(argc, argv)
 
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+#include "version.h"
+
 static void
 print_version()
 {
     /* macro PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION and PLATFORM are
        defined in config.h by configure script */
     fprintf(stdout, "%s version %s (%s)\n",
-            PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION, PLATFORM);
-    
+            PACKAGE_NAME, BUILD_VERSION, PLATFORM);
+
     if (strlen(LHA_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS) != 0)
       fprintf(stdout, "  configure options: %s\n", LHA_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS);
 }
diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef34241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#define BUILD_VERSION "@BUILD_VERSION@"