diff --git a/cmake/FindGEOS.cmake b/cmake/FindGEOS.cmake
index c73ff366ac5..94965985cfa 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGEOS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGEOS.cmake
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
   ENDIF(UNIX)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
+IF(GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR AND NOT GEOS_VERSION)
+  FILE(READ ${GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR}/geos/version.h VERSIONFILE)
+  STRING(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" GEOS_VERSION ${VERSIONFILE})
+ENDIF(GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR AND NOT GEOS_VERSION)
 
 IF (GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR AND GEOS_LIBRARY)
    SET(GEOS_FOUND TRUE)
@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ ENDIF (GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR AND GEOS_LIBRARY)
 IF (GEOS_FOUND)
 
    IF (NOT GEOS_FIND_QUIETLY)
-      MESSAGE(STATUS "Found GEOS: ${GEOS_LIBRARY}")
+      MESSAGE(STATUS "Found GEOS: ${GEOS_LIBRARY} (${GEOS_VERSION})")
    ENDIF (NOT GEOS_FIND_QUIETLY)
 
 ELSE (GEOS_FOUND)