diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88e59895d5..b4ed5552f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ src/CMakeFiles/
 src/bin/
 src/cmake_install.cmake
 src/install_manifest.txt
+include/openmc/version.h
 
 # Nuclear data
 scripts/nndc
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28f917956a..0e5063c39e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set(OPENMC_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(OPENMC_VERSION_MINOR 13)
 set(OPENMC_VERSION_RELEASE 1)
 set(OPENMC_VERSION ${OPENMC_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMC_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMC_VERSION_RELEASE})
-configure_file(include/openmc/version.h.in "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/openmc/version.h" @ONLY)
+configure_file(include/openmc/version.h.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/openmc/version.h" @ONLY)
 
 # Setup output directories
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
@@ -495,4 +495,3 @@ install(FILES
 install(FILES man/man1/openmc.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1)
 install(FILES LICENSE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}" RENAME copyright)
 install(DIRECTORY include/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/openmc/version.h" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/openmc)