diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e48e79..eb004eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ configure
 /doc/stow.pdf
 /doc/stow.8
 /lib/Stow.pm
+/lib/Stow/Util.pm
 stamp-vti
 stow-[0-9].[0-9].[0-9].tar.*
 stow-[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]/
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 2c9ed06..93becf6 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ INSTALL
 lib/Stow.pm
 lib/Stow.pm.in
 lib/Stow/Util.pm
+lib/Stow/Util.pm.in
 Makefile.am
 Makefile.in
 MANIFEST			This list of files
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index e794404..19b928a 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
          "version" : "v2.2.1"
       },
       "Stow::Util" : {
-         "file" : "lib/Stow/Util.pm"
+         "file" : "lib/Stow/Util.pm",
+         "version" : "v2.2.1"
       }
    },
    "release_status" : "stable",
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index da051c4..721ff1c 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ provides:
     version: v2.2.1
   Stow::Util:
     file: lib/Stow/Util.pm
+    version: v2.2.1
 requires:
   Carp: '0'
   IO::File: '0'
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2cea9a6..3303a6a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ $(TESTS_OUT):
 
 CPAN_FILES = MANIFEST MANIFEST.SKIP Build.PL META.yml META.json
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-	bin/stow.in bin/chkstow.in lib/Stow.pm.in \
+	bin/stow.in bin/chkstow.in lib/Stow.pm.in lib/Stow/Util.pm.in \
 	doc/manual-split \
 	$(TESTS) t/testutil.pm \
 	$(TEXINFO_TEX) \
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ lib/Stow.pm: lib/Stow.pm.in $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST) Makefile
 	@( $(edit) < $<; cat $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST) ) > $@
 	@echo "Generated $@ from $< and $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST)"
 
+lib/Stow/Util.pm: lib/Stow/Util.pm.in Makefile.am
+	@[ -d lib/Stow ] || mkdir -p lib/Stow # required in vpath mode
+	@$(edit) < $< > $@
+	@echo "Generated $@ from $<"
+
 ##############################################################################
 # The below rules should only be needed by developers.
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae9a790..32ec5f8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 News file for Stow.
 
+* Changes in version 2.2.2
+
+** @VERSION@ substitution was set up for the Stow::Util module.
+
 * Changes in version 2.2.1
 
 ** Small improvements to documentation
diff --git a/lib/Stow/Util.pm b/lib/Stow/Util.pm.in
similarity index 99%
rename from lib/Stow/Util.pm
rename to lib/Stow/Util.pm.in
index 2b5bbdb..b709e7e 100644
--- a/lib/Stow/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/Stow/Util.pm.in
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
 );
 
 our $ProgramName = 'stow';
+our $VERSION = '@VERSION@';
 
 #############################################################################
 #