diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4fb9205a6f..0e11e0d97a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,6 +200,23 @@
 			</testResource>
 		</testResources>
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.jboss.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-injection-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<bytecodeInjections>
+						<bytecodeInjection>
+							<expression>${project.version}</expression>
+							<targetMembers>
+								<methodBodyReturn>
+									<className>org.hibernate.tool.Version</className>
+									<methodName>versionString</methodName>
+								</methodBodyReturn>
+							</targetMembers>
+						</bytecodeInjection>
+					</bytecodeInjections>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java b/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java
index 8117bac637..af8402f302 100644
--- a/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java
+++ b/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 final public class Version {
 
-	public static final String VERSION = "3.5.4-SNAPSHOT";
-	
 	private static final Version instance = new Version();
+
+	public static final String VERSION = instance.versionString();
 	
 	private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog( Version.class );
 
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ private Version() {
 	public String getVersion() {
 		return VERSION;
 	}
+
+	public String versionString() {
+		// This implementation is replaced during the build with another one that returns the correct value.
+		return "UNKNOWN";
+	}
 	
 	public static Version getDefault() {
 		return instance;