diff --git a/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt b/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cf0c72a5edafbc5f7a2d4040826bba65a40673b..02cb615585025b46bcfeeacb4035b4419c5a853c 100644
--- a/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ project(AMDiS)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 set(AMDiS_SOURCE_DIR "${AMDiS_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
-
 #needs: --enable-debug, enable-intel --enable-openmp --enable-parmetis --enable-parallel-domain --enable-umfpack --enable-mkl --enable-boost --enable-marmot
 
 SET(LIB_DIR ./lib)
@@ -297,8 +296,18 @@ INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/mtl4/
        )
 
 #PACKAGES
+#let cmake look for the svn-version
+find_package(Subversion)
+if(Subversion_FOUND)
+	Subversion_WC_INFO(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} mtlSubinfo)
+	set(CurrentRevision ${mtlSubinfo_WC_REVISION})
+#       message("current revision: ${mtlSubinfo_WC_REVISION}")
+else(Subversion_FOUND)
+	set(CurrentRevision "0")
+endif(Subversion_FOUND)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "AMDiS")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "Andreas.Naumann@tu-dresden.de")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "0.9.${CurrentRevision}")
 set(CPACK_GENERATOR "RPM" "DEB" "TGZ")
 set(CPACK_INSTALL_PREFIX "/usr/")