diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3fe59e..8e75384 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++14 -fPIC")
 set(ANBOX_TRANSLATOR_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/anbox/translators)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DTRANSLATOR_INSTALL_DIR=\\\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${ANBOX_TRANSLATOR_INSTALL_DIR}\\\"")
 
-if (NOT VERSION)
-    set(VERSION 2)
+if (NOT ANBOX_VERSION)
+    set(ANBOX_VERSION 2)
     if ("${cmake_build_type_lower}" STREQUAL "release")
-        set(VERSION_SUFFIX "")
+        set(ANBOX_VERSION_SUFFIX "")
     else()
-        set(VERSION_SUFFIX dev)
+        set(ANBOX_VERSION_SUFFIX dev)
     endif()
 endif()
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/anbox/build/version.h.in
diff --git a/src/anbox/build/version.h.in b/src/anbox/build/version.h.in
index da4a288..e6dcbbd 100644
--- a/src/anbox/build/version.h.in
+++ b/src/anbox/build/version.h.in
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 namespace anbox {
 namespace build {
 /// @brief version_major marks the major version
-static constexpr const std::uint32_t version_major{@VERSION@};
+static constexpr const std::uint32_t version_major{@ANBOX_VERSION@};
 /// @brief version_suffix is an additional suffix which can be amended to
 /// the major version number to indicate a dev build for example.
-static const std::string version_suffix{"@VERSION_SUFFIX@"};
+static constexpr const char *version_suffix{"@ANBOX_VERSION_SUFFIX@"};
 /// @brief version queries the version of Anbox
-std::string version();
+std::string print_version();
 }  // namespace build
 }  // namespace anbox
 
diff --git a/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp b/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp
index d503cc0..ef90366 100644
--- a/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp
+++ b/src/anbox/cmds/system_info.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class SystemInformation {
     std::stringstream s;
 
     s << "version: "
-      << anbox::build::version()
+      << anbox::build::print_version()
       << std::endl;
 
     s << "os:" << std::endl
diff --git a/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp b/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp
index 3ce15e1..d8aef39 100644
--- a/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp
+++ b/src/anbox/cmds/version.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ anbox::cmds::Version::Version()
           cli::Name{"version"}, cli::Usage{"version"},
           cli::Description{"print the version of the daemon"}} {
   action([](const cli::Command::Context& ctxt) {
-    ctxt.cout << "anbox " << build::version() << std::endl;
+    ctxt.cout << "anbox " << build::print_version() << std::endl;
     return 0;
   });
 }