diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b883f1fd..21f99f37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.exe
+VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e8bf73a..00000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.1.0
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index d30f313b..72b75e23 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ install:
   - set PATH=%GOPATH%\bin;c:\go\bin;%PATH%
   - go get -u github.com/kardianos/govendor
   - go get -u github.com/prometheus/promu
+  - choco install gitversion.portable -y
 
 build_script:
+  - ps: gitversion /output json /showvariable FullSemVer | Set-Content VERSION -PassThru
   - govendor test -v +local
   - promu build -v .
   - ps: |