diff --git a/packaging/build-algo.sh b/packaging/build-algo.sh
index 36cc99b642ad90815deef17aedf7266d4f847669..d54fb6ffed69179a3d3e005edb4036cbcb34f9eb 100644
--- a/packaging/build-algo.sh
+++ b/packaging/build-algo.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ copy_files -s="$source_files" -d="$dest_files"
 
 cd "$MY_PWD/$dest_files/germline"
 make
-cd "$MY_PWD/$dest_files/data"
 
 cd "$MY_PWD/$exec_dir"
+create_version_file "$MY_PWD/$dest_files/algo/VERSION"
+
 bash "$MY_PWD/mkdeb"
 
 cd "$MY_PWD"
diff --git a/packaging/build-browser.sh b/packaging/build-browser.sh
index 5bfac6b262792245c214661beefa7ffdbd51f2eb..a73541ffe5c42a4dd1cfa9d7043386edf0ae58ac 100644
--- a/packaging/build-browser.sh
+++ b/packaging/build-browser.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cd "$MY_PWD/$dest_files/data"
 make
 
 cd "$MY_PWD/$exec_dir"
+create_version_file "$MY_PWD/$dest-files/browser/"
 bash "$MY_PWD/mkdeb"
 
 cd "$MY_PWD"
diff --git a/packaging/build-generic.sh b/packaging/build-generic.sh
index df689a0d264a3e0c406d455d80dd68541588ffa5..b969af4c31e446664f2b7112185d0f4a579e8166 100644
--- a/packaging/build-generic.sh
+++ b/packaging/build-generic.sh
@@ -57,3 +57,12 @@ remove_files() {
         fi
     done
 }
+
+create_version_file() {
+    changelog="`dpkg-parsechangelog`"
+    name="`echo "$changelog" | grep '^Source: ' | cut -b9-`"
+    fullversion="`echo "$changelog" | grep '^Version: ' | cut -b10-`"
+    version="${fullversion%-*}"
+
+    echo "$version" > "$1/VERSION"
+}
diff --git a/packaging/build-germline.sh b/packaging/build-germline.sh
index f4048c4ba6a74d0ab99cb5c3ef142c04db00ddfc..69321d54b620572e47318f5c24b30aa95f12eecb 100644
--- a/packaging/build-germline.sh
+++ b/packaging/build-germline.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ exec_dir="$dest_files"
 copy_files -s="$source_files" -d="$dest_files" --debug
 
 cd "$MY_PWD/$exec_dir"
+create_version_file "$MY_PWD/$dest_files/germline"
 bash "$MY_PWD/mkdeb"
 cd "$MY_PWD"
 
diff --git a/packaging/build-server.sh b/packaging/build-server.sh
index 1b402b496db1aa5584864a2e244e0b6b1047c92e..f34ea53942e52e6231722583e82b3a179d387e6c 100644
--- a/packaging/build-server.sh
+++ b/packaging/build-server.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ make
 cd "$MY_PWD/$dest_files/data"
 
 cd "$MY_PWD/$exec_dir"
+create_version_file "$MY_PWD/$dest_files/server"
 bash "$MY_PWD/mkdeb"
 
 cd "$MY_PWD"