--- a/cmake/mysql_version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mysql_version.cmake
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # Generate "something" to trigger cmake rerun when VERSION changes
 CONFIGURE_FILE(
-  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION
+  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION.txt
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/VERSION.dep
 )
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 MACRO(MYSQL_GET_CONFIG_VALUE keyword var)
  IF(NOT ${var})
-   FILE (STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION str REGEX "^[ ]*${keyword}=")
+   FILE (STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION.txt str REGEX "^[ ]*${keyword}=")
    IF(str)
      STRING(REPLACE "${keyword}=" "" str ${str})
      STRING(REGEX REPLACE  "[ ].*" ""  str "${str}")