diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7ce0942a7..d1592368a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PATH_BUILD=`pwd`
 AC_SUBST(PATH_BUILD)
 TIME_BUILD=`date +'%s'`
 AC_SUBST(TIME_BUILD)
+AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 
 AC_ARG_VAR(ZM_DB_HOST,[Hostname where ZoneMinder database located, default localhost])
 AC_ARG_VAR(ZM_DB_NAME,[Name of ZoneMinder database, default zm])
diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in
index 37119f725..3f10e9137 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Base.pm.in
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ require Exporter;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 
+use constant ZM_VERSION => "@VERSION@";
+
 # Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export
 # names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead.
 # Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants.
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 # This allows declaration	use ZoneMinder ':all';
 # If you do not need this, moving things directly into @EXPORT or @EXPORT_OK
 # will save memory.
-our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ qw() ] );
+our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ qw(ZM_VERSION) ] );
 
 our @EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } );
 
diff --git a/scripts/zmdbbackup.in b/scripts/zmdbbackup.in
index 303cf86be..37879b5f1 100644
--- a/scripts/zmdbbackup.in
+++ b/scripts/zmdbbackup.in
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # Edit these to suit your configuration
 ZM_CONFIG=@ZM_CONFIG@
 source $ZM_CONFIG
+# ZM_VERSION in the config is now deprecated but will likely still exist in people's config files. This will override it.
+ZM_VERSION=@VERSION@
 
 MYSQLDUMP=/usr/bin/mysqldump
 BACKUP_PATH=/var/lib/zm
diff --git a/scripts/zmeventdump.in b/scripts/zmeventdump.in
index 342b665b0..fad82db37 100644
--- a/scripts/zmeventdump.in
+++ b/scripts/zmeventdump.in
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 # Edit these to suit your configuration
 ZM_CONFIG=@ZM_CONFIG@
+# ZM_VERSION in the config is now deprecated but will likely still exist in people's config files. This will override it.
+ZM_VERSION=@VERSION@
 MYSQLDUMP=/usr/bin/mysqldump
 
 # The rest should not need editing
diff --git a/web/includes/config.php.in b/web/includes/config.php.in
index 91612cbdf..a592e41bc 100644
--- a/web/includes/config.php.in
+++ b/web/includes/config.php.in
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 // This section contains options substituted by the zmconfig.pl utility, do not edit these directly
 //
 define( "ZM_CONFIG", "@ZM_CONFIG@" );               // Path to config file
+// Define, and override any given in config file
+define( "ZM_VERSION", "@VERSION@" );               // Version
 
 $configFile = ZM_CONFIG;
 $localConfigFile = basename($configFile);
diff --git a/zm.conf.in b/zm.conf.in
index f4c426c65..dc3fd086f 100644
--- a/zm.conf.in
+++ b/zm.conf.in
@@ -9,18 +9,15 @@
 # or installations.
 #
 
-# Current version of ZoneMinder
-ZM_VERSION=@VERSION@
-
 # Path to build directory
 ZM_PATH_BUILD=@PATH_BUILD@
 
-# Path to installed data directory, used mostly for finding DB upgrade scripts
-ZM_PATH_DATA=@PKGDATADIR@
-
 # Build time, used to record when to trigger various checks
 ZM_TIME_BUILD=@TIME_BUILD@
 
+# Path to installed data directory, used mostly for finding DB upgrade scripts
+ZM_PATH_DATA=@PKGDATADIR@
+
 # Path to ZoneMinder binaries
 ZM_PATH_BIN=@BINDIR@
 
@@ -40,6 +37,9 @@ ZM_PATH_CGI=@CGI_PREFIX@
 ZM_WEB_USER=@WEB_USER@
 ZM_WEB_GROUP=@WEB_GROUP@
 
+# ZoneMinder database type: so far only mysql is supported
+ZM_DB_TYPE=@ZM_DB_TYPE@
+
 # ZoneMinder database hostname or ip address
 ZM_DB_HOST=@ZM_DB_HOST@
 
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ ZM_DB_USER=@ZM_DB_USER@
 
 # ZoneMinder database password
 ZM_DB_PASS=@ZM_DB_PASS@
+
+# Host of this machine
+ZM_SERVER_HOST=