diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d9dfd7a5..e5ff0d9bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,19 +132,17 @@ endif()
 
 string(REGEX REPLACE "[^0-9a-f]+" "" GIT_SHA "${GIT_SHA}")
 
-set(SH_CMD "sh")
-execute_process(COMMAND
-  ${SH_CMD} -c "build_tools/version.sh full"
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE ROCKSDB_VERSION
-)
-string(STRIP "${ROCKSDB_VERSION}" ROCKSDB_VERSION)
-execute_process(COMMAND
-  ${SH_CMD} -c "build_tools/version.sh major"
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE ROCKSDB_VERSION_MAJOR
-)
-string(STRIP "${ROCKSDB_VERSION_MAJOR}" ROCKSDB_VERSION_MAJOR)
+
+# Read rocksdb version from version.h header file.
+file(READ include/rocksdb/version.h version_header_file)
+string(REGEX MATCH "#define ROCKSDB_MAJOR ([0-9]+)" _ ${version_header_file})
+set(ROCKSDB_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+string(REGEX MATCH "#define ROCKSDB_MINOR ([0-9]+)" _ ${version_header_file})
+set(ROCKSDB_VERSION_MINOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+string(REGEX MATCH "#define ROCKSDB_PATCH ([0-9]+)" _ ${version_header_file})
+set(ROCKSDB_VERSION_PATCH ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+set(ROCKSDB_VERSION ${ROCKSDB_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ROCKSDB_VERSION_MINOR}.${ROCKSDB_VERSION_PATCH})
+
 
 option(WITH_MD_LIBRARY "build with MD" ON)
 if(WIN32 AND MSVC)