--- /dev/null
+From e0c1a86bf88b568a7afe8ebaea1b9f84afb892c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
+Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 23:52:31 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: get the project version from the version-gen script
+
+This matches autotools and ensures that the version number is actually
+reliable.
+---
+ meson.build | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ project('util-linux', 'c',
+- version : '2.37',
++ version : run_command('tools/git-version-gen', check: true).stdout(),
+ license : 'GPLv2+')
+
+ pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')