diff --git a/src/include/gridfire/utils/config.h.in b/src/include/gridfire/utils/config.h.in
index 838b80ae..842803db 100644
--- a/src/include/gridfire/utils/config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/gridfire/utils/config.h.in
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <format>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace gridfire {
     struct version {
-        static constexpr int major = #STRINGIFY(GF_VERSION_MAJOR);
-        static constexpr int minor = #STRINGIFY(GF_VERSION_MINOR);
-        static constexpr int patch = #STRINGIFY(GF_VERSION_PATCH);
+        static constexpr int major = @GF_VERSION_MAJOR@;
+        static constexpr int minor = @GF_VERSION_MINOR@;
+        static constexpr int patch = @GF_VERSION_PATCH@;
+        static constexpr const char* tag = "@GF_VERSION_TAG@";
 
-        static constexpr const char* tag = #STRINGIFY(GF_VERSION_TAG);
+        static std::string toString() {
+            std::string versionStr = std::to_string(major) + "." +
+                                     std::to_string(minor) + "." +
+                                     std::to_string(patch);
+            if (std::string(tag) != "") {
+                versionStr += "-" + std::string(tag);
+            }
+            return versionStr;
+        }
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/gridfire/utils/gf_omp.h b/src/include/gridfire/utils/gf_omp.h
index 07b645ec..5f00459d 100644
--- a/src/include/gridfire/utils/gf_omp.h
+++ b/src/include/gridfire/utils/gf_omp.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace gridfire::omp {
         if (s_par_mode_initialized) {
             return; // Only initialize once
         }
-        quill::Logger* logger = fourdst::logging::LogManager::getInstance().getLogger("log");
+        [[maybe_unused]] quill::Logger* logger = fourdst::logging::LogManager::getInstance().getLogger("log");
         LOG_INFO(logger, "Initializing OpenMP parallel mode with {} threads", static_cast<unsigned long>(omp_get_max_threads()));
         CppAD::thread_alloc::parallel_setup(
             static_cast<size_t>(omp_get_max_threads()), // Max threads
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace gridfire::omp {
 
 namespace gridfire::omp {
     inline void log_not_in_parallel_mode() {
-        quill::Logger* logger = fourdst::logging::LogManager::getInstance().getLogger("log");
+        [[maybe_unused]] quill::Logger* logger = fourdst::logging::LogManager::getInstance().getLogger("log");
         LOG_INFO(logger, "This is not an error! Note: OpenMP parallel mode is not enabled. GF_USE_OPENMP is not defined. Pass -DGF_USE_OPENMP when compiling to enable OpenMP support. When using meson use the option -Dopenmp_support=true");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/include/gridfire/utils/meson.build b/src/include/gridfire/utils/meson.build
index e69de29b..a3a75de7 100644
--- a/src/include/gridfire/utils/meson.build
+++ b/src/include/gridfire/utils/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+python_exe = import('python').find_installation('python3')
+
+version_parser = '''
+import sys, re
+ver = sys.argv[1]
+if ver.startswith("v"): ver = ver[1:]
+m = re.match(r"^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(.*)$", ver)
+if m:
+    print(f"{m.group(1)};{m.group(2)};{m.group(3)};{m.group(4)}")
+else:
+    print("0;0;0;unknown")
+'''
+
+ver_res = run_command(python_exe, '-c', version_parser, meson.project_version(), check: true)
+ver_parts = ver_res.stdout().strip().split(';')
+
+conf_data = configuration_data()
+conf_data.set('GF_VERSION_MAJOR', ver_parts[0])
+conf_data.set('GF_VERSION_MINOR', ver_parts[1])
+conf_data.set('GF_VERSION_PATCH', ver_parts[2])
+conf_data.set('GF_VERSION_TAG',   ver_parts[3])
+
+message('Configuring include/utils/config.h with version ' + meson.project_version())
+message('  Major: ' + ver_parts[0])
+message('  Minor: ' + ver_parts[1])
+message('  Patch: ' + ver_parts[2])
+message('  Tag:   ' + ver_parts[3])
+
+do_install_version_file = true
+if get_option('build_python')
+    message('Not installing version file since we are building the Python extension. The version information will be included in the Python module instead.')
+    do_install_version_file = false
+endif
+
+configure_file(
+    input : 'config.h.in',
+    output : 'config.h',
+    configuration : conf_data,
+    install : do_install_version_file,
+    install_dir : get_option('includedir') / '/gridfire/utils'
+)
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