diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile
index db590b8e..3dab3ab5 100644
--- a/manual/Makefile
+++ b/manual/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 #                 es    Spanish
 #                 fr    French
 
-ASCIIDOCTOR_FLAGS = -a pdf-page-size=A5
+BUILD_VERSION=$(shell git describe --abbrev=8 --dirty 2>/dev/null)
+ASCIIDOCTOR_FLAGS = -a pdf-page-size=A5 -a build-version=$(BUILD_VERSION)
 MANUAL_ADOC_FILES=$(wildcard freedoom-manual-??.adoc)
 MANUAL_PDF_FILES=$(subst .adoc,.pdf,$(MANUAL_ADOC_FILES))
 PRINT_PDF_FILES=$(subst .adoc,-print.pdf,$(MANUAL_ADOC_FILES))
diff --git a/manual/freedoom-manual-en.adoc b/manual/freedoom-manual-en.adoc
index 27f68b86..1c139475 100644
--- a/manual/freedoom-manual-en.adoc
+++ b/manual/freedoom-manual-en.adoc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 :toc: macro
 :toc-title:
 :showtitle!:
+:build-version: (unknown)
 
 // This is the title page; it looks weird in Asciidoc but makes more
 // sense in the PDF output.
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ This manual is licensed under the 3-clause BSD license.
 This is the English version of the Freedoom manual. Translations into other
 languages can be found on the Freedoom website.
 
+This is version {build-version} of the manual.
+
 <<<
 
 // Note this is not a heading, so the ToC does not appear in itself.
diff --git a/manual/freedoom-manual-es.adoc b/manual/freedoom-manual-es.adoc
index 1eaa14b2..47290195 100644
--- a/manual/freedoom-manual-es.adoc
+++ b/manual/freedoom-manual-es.adoc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 :toc: macro
 :toc-title:
 :showtitle!:
+:build-version: (desconocida)
 
 // This is the title page; it looks weird in Asciidoc but makes more
 // sense in the PDF output.
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ image::images/freedoom-logo.svg[Freedoom Logo,align="center",width=500,pdfwidth=
 Copyright © 2001-2025 Contributors to the Freedoom project.
 Este manual está licenciado bajo la licencia BSD de 3 cláusulas.
 
+Esta es la versión {build-version} del manual.
+
 <<<
 
 [big]*Sumario*
diff --git a/manual/freedoom-manual-fr.adoc b/manual/freedoom-manual-fr.adoc
index 4fc449eb..a9d295d9 100644
--- a/manual/freedoom-manual-fr.adoc
+++ b/manual/freedoom-manual-fr.adoc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 :toc: macro
 :toc-title:
 :showtitle!:
+:build-version: (inconnue)
 
 // This is the title page; it looks weird in Asciidoc but makes more
 // sense in the PDF output.
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ image::images/freedoom-logo.svg[Freedoom Logo,align="center",width=500,pdfwidth=
 Copyright © 2001-2025 Contributors to the Freedoom project.
 Ce manuel est sous licence BSD-3-Clause.
 
+Il s'agit de la version {build-version} du manuel.
+
 <<<
 
 [big]*Sommaire*