diff --git a/cmake/script/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake b/cmake/script/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a640b9636f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/script/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023-present The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
+
+# This script is a multiplatform port of the share/genbuild.sh shell script.
+
+macro(fatal_error)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "\n"
+    "Usage:\n"
+    "  cmake -D BUILD_INFO_HEADER_PATH=<path> [-D SOURCE_DIR=<path>] -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}\n"
+    "All specified paths must be absolute ones.\n"
+  )
+endmacro()
+
+if(DEFINED BUILD_INFO_HEADER_PATH AND IS_ABSOLUTE "${BUILD_INFO_HEADER_PATH}")
+  if(EXISTS "${BUILD_INFO_HEADER_PATH}")
+    file(STRINGS ${BUILD_INFO_HEADER_PATH} INFO LIMIT_COUNT 1)
+  endif()
+else()
+  fatal_error()
+endif()
+
+if(DEFINED SOURCE_DIR)
+  if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${SOURCE_DIR}" AND IS_DIRECTORY "${SOURCE_DIR}")
+    set(WORKING_DIR ${SOURCE_DIR})
+  else()
+    fatal_error()
+  endif()
+else()
+  set(WORKING_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+endif()
+
+set(GIT_TAG)
+set(GIT_COMMIT)
+if(NOT "$ENV{BITCOIN_GENBUILD_NO_GIT}" STREQUAL "1")
+  find_package(Git QUIET)
+  if(Git_FOUND)
+    execute_process(
+      COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${WORKING_DIR}
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE IS_INSIDE_WORK_TREE
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+      ERROR_QUIET
+    )
+    if(IS_INSIDE_WORK_TREE)
+      # Clean 'dirty' status of touched files that haven't been modified.
+      execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} diff
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${WORKING_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_QUIET
+        ERROR_QUIET
+      )
+
+      execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --abbrev=0
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${WORKING_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE MOST_RECENT_TAG
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        ERROR_QUIET
+      )
+
+      execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list -1 ${MOST_RECENT_TAG}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${WORKING_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE MOST_RECENT_TAG_COMMIT
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        ERROR_QUIET
+      )
+
+      execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse HEAD
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${WORKING_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE HEAD_COMMIT
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        ERROR_QUIET
+      )
+
+      execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} diff-index --quiet HEAD --
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${WORKING_DIR}
+        RESULT_VARIABLE IS_DIRTY
+      )
+
+      if(HEAD_COMMIT STREQUAL MOST_RECENT_TAG_COMMIT AND NOT IS_DIRTY)
+        # If latest commit is tagged and not dirty, then use the tag name.
+        set(GIT_TAG ${MOST_RECENT_TAG})
+      else()
+        # Otherwise, generate suffix from git, i.e. string like "0e0a5173fae3-dirty".
+        execute_process(
+          COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --short=12 HEAD
+          WORKING_DIRECTORY ${WORKING_DIR}
+          OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT
+          OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+          ERROR_QUIET
+        )
+        if(IS_DIRTY)
+          string(APPEND GIT_COMMIT "-dirty")
+        endif()
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(GIT_TAG)
+  set(NEWINFO "#define BUILD_GIT_TAG \"${GIT_TAG}\"")
+elseif(GIT_COMMIT)
+  set(NEWINFO "#define BUILD_GIT_COMMIT \"${GIT_COMMIT}\"")
+else()
+  set(NEWINFO "// No build information available")
+endif()
+
+# Only update the header if necessary.
+if(NOT "${INFO}" STREQUAL "${NEWINFO}")
+  file(WRITE ${BUILD_INFO_HEADER_PATH} "${NEWINFO}\n")
+endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 04b664b5da5..e0eb22cca89 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,29 @@
 configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/bitcoin-config.h.in config/bitcoin-config.h @ONLY)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
+# TODO: After the transition from Autotools to CMake, the obj/ subdirectory
+#       could be dropped as its only purpose was to separate a generated header
+#       from source files.
+add_custom_target(generate_build_info
+  BYPRODUCTS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/obj/build.h
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/obj
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DBUILD_INFO_HEADER_PATH=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/obj/build.h -DSOURCE_DIR=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateBuildInfo.cmake
+  COMMENT "Generating obj/build.h"
+  VERBATIM
+)
+add_library(bitcoin_clientversion OBJECT EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+  clientversion.cpp
+)
+target_compile_definitions(bitcoin_clientversion
+  PRIVATE
+    HAVE_BUILD_INFO
+)
+target_link_libraries(bitcoin_clientversion
+  PRIVATE
+    core_interface
+)
+add_dependencies(bitcoin_clientversion generate_build_info)
+
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 # secp256k1 subtree
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