diff --git a/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp b/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp
index dd214a9ca..c7806ca8e 100644
--- a/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp
+++ b/src/app/xml/vpattern.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ void VPattern::CreateEmptyFile(const QString &tablePath)
     QDomElement patternElement = this->createElement(TagPattern);
 
     patternElement.appendChild(createComment("Valentina pattern format."));
+
+    QDomElement version = createElement(TagVersion);
+    QDomText newNodeText = createTextNode(VAL_STR_VERSION);
+    version.appendChild(newNodeText);
+
     patternElement.appendChild(createElement(TagAuthor));
     patternElement.appendChild(createElement(TagDescription));
     patternElement.appendChild(createElement(TagNotes));
diff --git a/src/app/xml/vpattern.h b/src/app/xml/vpattern.h
index da166a6b0..1c61de1f7 100644
--- a/src/app/xml/vpattern.h
+++ b/src/app/xml/vpattern.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(Document::Documents)
 // max support version of format
 #define VAL_VERSION 0x000100
 
+#define VAL_STR_VERSION "0.1.0"
+
 /**
  * @brief The VPattern class working with pattern file.
  */