1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f452e424cf..befbcc6c3e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -76,11 +76,22 @@ author = u'The QEMU Project Developers'
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = u'4.0'
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'4.0'
+
+# Extract this information from the VERSION file, for the benefit of
+# standalone Sphinx runs as used by readthedocs.org. Builds run from
+# the Makefile will pass version and release on the sphinx-build
+# command line, which override this.
+try:
+    extracted_version = None
+    with open(os.path.join(qemu_docdir, '../VERSION')) as f:
+        extracted_version = f.readline().strip()
+except:
+    pass
+finally:
+    if extracted_version:
+        version = release = extracted_version
+    else:
+        version = release = "unknown version"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.