diff --git a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/coreplugin/authorsdialog.cpp b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/coreplugin/authorsdialog.cpp
index 2b631fa05..0978a4638 100644
--- a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/coreplugin/authorsdialog.cpp
+++ b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/coreplugin/authorsdialog.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #include "authorsdialog.h"
 
+// autogenerated version info string
+#include "../../../../../build/ground/openpilotgcs/gcsversioninfo.h"
 #include "coreconstants.h"
 #include "icore.h"