diff --git a/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in b/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
index 918b407bf..2da835427 100644
--- a/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
+++ b/Modules/DartConfiguration.tcl.in
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ UpdateType: @UPDATE_TYPE@
 
 # Compiler info
 Compiler: @CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@
+CompilerVersion: @CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION@
 
 # Dynamic analysis (MemCheck)
 PurifyCommand: @PURIFYCOMMAND@
diff --git a/Source/cmCTest.cxx b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
index f65bd297f..b97646937 100644
--- a/Source/cmCTest.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
@@ -1546,9 +1546,8 @@ void cmCTest::StartXML(cmXMLWriter& xml, bool append)
     xml.Attribute("Append", "true");
     }
   xml.Attribute("CompilerName", this->GetCTestConfiguration("Compiler"));
-#ifdef _COMPILER_VERSION
-  xml.Attribute("CompilerVersion", _COMPILER_VERSION);
-#endif
+  xml.Attribute("CompilerVersion",
+    this->GetCTestConfiguration("CompilerVersion"));
   xml.Attribute("OSName", info.GetOSName());
   xml.Attribute("Hostname", info.GetHostname());
   xml.Attribute("OSRelease", info.GetOSRelease());