diff --git a/host/CMakeLists.txt b/host/CMakeLists.txt
index 69b0ef31..874163f8 100644
--- a/host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,33 +3,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project (hackrf_all)
 
-#set(RELEASE "")
-
-if(NOT DEFINED RELEASE)
-	execute_process(
-	        COMMAND git log -n 1 --format=%h
-	        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-	        RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_EXIT_VALUE
-	        ERROR_QUIET
-	        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_VERSION
-	        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-	)
-	if (GIT_EXIT_VALUE)
-	        set(RELEASE "unknown")
-	else (GIT_EXIT_VALUE)
-		execute_process(
-			COMMAND git status -s --untracked-files=no
-			OUTPUT_VARIABLE DIRTY
-		)
-		if ( NOT "${DIRTY}" STREQUAL "" )
-			set(DIRTY_FLAG "*")
-		else()
-			set(DIRTY_FLAG "")
-		endif()
-	        set(RELEASE "git-${GIT_VERSION}${DIRTY_FLAG}")
-	endif (GIT_EXIT_VALUE)
-endif()
-
 add_subdirectory(libhackrf)
 add_subdirectory(hackrf-tools)
 
diff --git a/host/cmake/set_release.cmake b/host/cmake/set_release.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..875808f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/cmake/set_release.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#set(RELEASE "")
+
+if(NOT DEFINED RELEASE)
+	execute_process(
+	        COMMAND git log -n 1 --format=%h
+	        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+	        RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_EXIT_VALUE
+	        ERROR_QUIET
+	        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_VERSION
+	        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+	)
+	if (GIT_EXIT_VALUE)
+	        set(RELEASE "unknown")
+	else (GIT_EXIT_VALUE)
+		execute_process(
+			COMMAND git status -s --untracked-files=no
+			OUTPUT_VARIABLE DIRTY
+		)
+		if ( NOT "${DIRTY}" STREQUAL "" )
+			set(DIRTY_FLAG "*")
+		else()
+			set(DIRTY_FLAG "")
+		endif()
+	        set(RELEASE "git-${GIT_VERSION}${DIRTY_FLAG}")
+	endif (GIT_EXIT_VALUE)
+endif()
diff --git a/host/hackrf-tools/CMakeLists.txt b/host/hackrf-tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 18dbf007..fd9f83be 100644
--- a/host/hackrf-tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/hackrf-tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project(hackrf-tools C)
 set(PACKAGE hackrf-tools)
+include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake/set_release.cmake)
 add_definitions(-DTOOL_RELEASE="${RELEASE}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake/modules)
 
diff --git a/host/libhackrf/CMakeLists.txt b/host/libhackrf/CMakeLists.txt
index c3cd4946..08168941 100644
--- a/host/libhackrf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/libhackrf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ set(PACKAGE libhackrf)
 set(VERSION_STRING ${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION})
 set(VERSION ${VERSION_STRING})
 add_definitions(-DLIBRARY_VERSION="${VERSION_STRING}")
+include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake/set_release.cmake)
 add_definitions(-DLIBRARY_RELEASE="${RELEASE}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake/modules)