diff --git a/cmake/version.cmake b/cmake/version.cmake
index fa9430887d4..08dc1e0d08e 100644
--- a/cmake/version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/version.cmake
@@ -48,13 +48,20 @@ set(PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
 # Temporary convenience variable
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_WITHOUT_TWEAK ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH})
 
+
+if(PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA)
+  set(PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA_STR "-${PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA}")
+endif()
+
 if(PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK)
   set(PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_WITHOUT_TWEAK}.${PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK})
 else()
   set(PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_WITHOUT_TWEAK})
 endif()
 
-message(STATUS "Zephyr version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_STR ${PROJECT_VERSION}${PROJECT_VERSION_EXTRA_STR})
+
+message(STATUS "Zephyr version: ${PROJECT_VERSION_STR}")
 
 set(MAJOR ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}) # Temporary convenience variable
 set(MINOR ${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}) # Temporary convenience variable