diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f99a1e90e..8c6b36031 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
                ${{ env.bindir }}/ipxe-legacy.lkrn \
                ${{ env.bindir }}/ipxe-legacy.pxe \
                ${{ env.bindir }}/undionly.kpxe \
+               ${{ env.bindir }}/version.txt \
                ${{ env.bindir }}/errors
 
       - name: Hardware list
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
             src/${{ env.bindir }}/ipxe-legacy.lkrn
             src/${{ env.bindir }}/ipxe-legacy.pxe
             src/${{ env.bindir }}/undionly.kpxe
+            src/${{ env.bindir }}/version.txt
             src/${{ env.bindir }}/errors
             src/${{ env.bindir }}/niclist.txt
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.housekeeping b/src/Makefile.housekeeping
index 44684606b..78fbe8a71 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.housekeeping
+++ b/src/Makefile.housekeeping
@@ -1094,6 +1094,11 @@ $(BIN)/NIC : $(AUTO_DEPS)
 	@perl -ne 'chomp; print "$$1\n" if /\# NIC\t(.*)$$/' $^ >> $@
 CLEANUP		+= $(BIN)/NIC	# Doesn't match the $(BIN)/*.* pattern
 
+# Generate version number record
+#
+$(BIN)/version.txt : $(MAKEDEPS)
+	@$(ECHO) "$(VERSION)" > $@
+
 # Analyse a target name (e.g. "bin/dfe538--prism2_pci.rom.tmp") and
 # derive the variables:
 #