diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 20165442..b180baba 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ dnl initialize
 AC_INIT(lib/common/common.h)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 
-dnl current version
-MAJOR_VERSION=1
-MINOR_VERSION=1
-RELEASE_VERSION=8
+dnl current version, extracted from $srcdir/lib/common/Version.h
+MAJOR_VERSION=`grep '#.*define VERSION "' $srcdir/lib/common/Version.h | sed -e 's/.*"\([0-9]*\)\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*".*/\1/'`
+MINOR_VERSION=`grep '#.*define VERSION "' $srcdir/lib/common/Version.h | sed -e 's/.*"[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)\.[0-9]*".*/\1/'`
+RELEASE_VERSION=`grep '#.*define VERSION "' $srcdir/lib/common/Version.h | sed -e 's/.*"[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)".*/\1/'`
 
 dnl initialize automake
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(synergy, $MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$RELEASE_VERSION)
diff --git a/lib/common/Version.h b/lib/common/Version.h
index 766843ad..bcf037a1 100644
--- a/lib/common/Version.h
+++ b/lib/common/Version.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 // set version macro if not set yet
 #if !defined(VERSION)
-#	define VERSION "1.1.8"
+#	define VERSION "1.1.9"
 #endif
 
 // important strings