diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c9a53f6a75..180ca5d03e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,22 +79,18 @@ set(SM_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(SM_VERSION_PATCH 7)
 set(SM_VERSION_TRADITIONAL "${SM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SM_VERSION_MINOR}.${SM_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
-if(WITH_FULL_RELEASE EQUAL ON)
-  set(SM_VERSION_FULL "${SM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SM_VERSION_MINOR}.${SM_VERSION_PATCH}")
-else()
-  # Using the deprecated version for now to keep cmake 2.8 users happy.
-  exec_program(git "${SM_ROOT_DIR}"
-    ARGS "rev-parse" "--short" "HEAD"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH
-    RETURN_VALUE ret
-  )
+# Using the deprecated version for now to keep cmake 2.8 users happy.
+exec_program(git "${SM_ROOT_DIR}"
+  ARGS "rev-parse" "--short" "HEAD"
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH
+  RETURN_VALUE ret
+)
 
-  if(NOT (ret STREQUAL "0"))
-    set(SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH "UNKNOWN")
-    set(SM_VERSION_FULL "${SM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SM_VERSION_MINOR}-${SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH}")
-  else()
-    set(SM_VERSION_FULL "${SM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SM_VERSION_MINOR}-git-${SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH}")
-  endif()
+if(NOT (ret STREQUAL "0"))
+  set(SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH "UNKNOWN")
+  set(SM_VERSION_FULL "${SM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SM_VERSION_MINOR}-${SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH}")
+else()
+  set(SM_VERSION_FULL "${SM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SM_VERSION_MINOR}-git-${SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH}")
 endif()
 
 # Allow for finding our libraries in a standard location.
diff --git a/Xcode/scripts/mkrelease.rb b/Xcode/scripts/mkrelease.rb
index a1aac5c61e..e13331468d 100644
--- a/Xcode/scripts/mkrelease.rb
+++ b/Xcode/scripts/mkrelease.rb
@@ -29,14 +29,26 @@ File.open("#{Dir.pwd}/ProductInfo.h", "r") do |f|
 		end
 	end
 end
-# open ver.h in read-only mode
-File.open("#{Dir.pwd}/ver.h", "r") do |f|
-	# read each line, matching for product version
-	f.each do |line|
-		if line.match( /^#define\s+product_version\s+"(.*?)"/ )
-			version = $1
-		end
-	end
+
+# Determine if the Cmake generated verstub.cpp is available.
+File.open("#{Dir.pwd}/verstub.cpp", "r") do |verFile|
+  verFile.each do |verLine|
+    if verLine.match( /^extern char const \* const product_version \= "(.*?)"/ )
+      version = $1
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+if (version.length == 0)
+  # open ver.h in read-only mode
+  File.open("#{Dir.pwd}/ver.h", "r") do |f|
+    # read each line, matching for product version
+    f.each do |line|
+      if line.match( /^#define\s+product_version\s+"(.*?)"/ )
+        version = $1
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 # replace whitespace with hyphens in the version string
diff --git a/src/version_updater/CMakeLists.txt b/src/version_updater/CMakeLists.txt
index 54b9756ae1..09e0947141 100644
--- a/src/version_updater/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/version_updater/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 add_executable("VersionUpdater" Main.cpp "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/version.hpp")
 
+if (WITH_FULL_RELEASE)
+  sm_add_compile_definition("VersionUpdater" IS_FULL_RELEASE)
+  message(STATUS "Full release mode engaged.")
+endif()
+
 set_property(TARGET "VersionUpdater" PROPERTY FOLDER "Internal Libraries")
 
 if(MSVC)
diff --git a/src/version_updater/version.hpp.in b/src/version_updater/version.hpp.in
index 7a43182bec..161d5fa3ca 100644
--- a/src/version_updater/version.hpp.in
+++ b/src/version_updater/version.hpp.in
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ int smVersionMajor = @SM_VERSION_MAJOR@;
 int smVersionMinor = @SM_VERSION_MINOR@;
 int smVersionPatch = @SM_VERSION_PATCH@;
 char const * const smVersionGitHash = "@SM_VERSION_GIT_HASH@";
+#if defined(IS_FULL_RELEASE)
+char const * const smVersionFull = "@SM_VERSION_TRADITIONAL@";
+#else
 char const * const smVersionFull = "@SM_VERSION_FULL@";
+#endif
 char const * const smVersionTraditional = "@SM_VERSION_TRADITIONAL@";
 
 #endif