diff --git a/BuildInfo.h.in b/BuildInfo.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d2bfc1c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BuildInfo.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#define ETH_COMMIT_HASH @ETH_COMMIT_HASH@
+#define ETH_CLEAN_REPO @ETH_CLEAN_REPO@
+#define ETH_BUILD_TYPE @ETH_BUILD_TYPE@
+#define ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM @ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM@ 
+
diff --git a/BuildInfo.sh b/BuildInfo.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0370297df..000000000
--- a/BuildInfo.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR=$1
-CURRENT_BINARY_DIR=$2
-BUILD_TYPE=$3
-BUILD_PLATFORM=$4
-
-echo "Current source dir: $CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR"
-echo "Current binary dir: $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR"
-echo "Build type: $BUILD_TYPE"
-echo "Build platform: $BUILD_PLATFORM"
-
-if [[ -e "$CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/BuildInfo.h" ]]
-then
-	echo "Using existing BuildInfo.h"
-	cp $CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/BuildInfo.h $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-else
-	if [[ -e "$CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/.git" ]]
-	then
-		ETH_COMMIT_HASH=$(git --git-dir=$CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/.git --work-tree=$CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR rev-parse HEAD)
-		ETH_LOCAL_CHANGES=$(git --git-dir=$CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/.git --work-tree=$CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR diff --shortstat)
-		if [[ -z "$ETH_LOCAL_CHANGES" ]]
-		then
-			ETH_CLEAN_REPO=1
-		else
-			ETH_CLEAN_REPO=0
-		fi
-
-		echo "Commit hash: ${ETH_COMMIT_HASH} (Clean: ${ETH_CLEAN_REPO} - ${ETH_LOCAL_CHANGES})"
-	else
-		echo "Unknown repo."
-		ETH_COMMIT_HASH=0
-		ETH_CLEAN_REPO=1
-	fi
-
-	echo "// This file was automatically generated by cmake" > $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	echo "" >> $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	echo "#pragma once" >> $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	echo "" >> $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	echo "#define ETH_COMMIT_HASH $ETH_COMMIT_HASH" >> $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	echo "#define ETH_CLEAN_REPO $ETH_CLEAN_REPO" >> $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	echo "#define ETH_BUILD_TYPE $BUILD_TYPE" >> $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	echo "#define ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM $BUILD_PLATFORM" >> $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-fi
-
-if [[ -e "$CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h" ]]
-then
-	DIFF=$(diff $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp)
-	if [[ -z "$DIFF" ]]
-	then
-		rm $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp
-	else
-		mv $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h
-	fi
-else
-	mv $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h.tmp $CURRENT_BINARY_DIR/BuildInfo.h
-fi
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3adde425..e6b49bf72 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ function(createBuildInfo)
 	endif()
 
 	# Generate header file containing useful build information
-	add_custom_target(BuildInfo.h ALL COMMAND bash ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BuildInfo.sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${_cmake_build_type} ${ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM})
+	add_custom_target(BuildInfo.h ALL
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+		COMMAND cmake -DETH_SOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} -DETH_DST_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} 
+			-DETH_BUILD_TYPE=${_cmake_build_type} -DETH_BUILD_PLATFORM=${ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM} 
+			-P ${ETH_SCRIPTS_DIR}/buildinfo.cmake
+		)
 	include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 	set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
diff --git a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
index 8ff3d1460..00f99e7e3 100644
--- a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} _system_name)
 set (ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extdep/install/${_system_name}")
 set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR})
 
+# setup directory for cmake generated files and include it globally 
+# it's not used yet, but if we have more generated files, consider moving them to ETH_GENERATED_DIR
+set(ETH_GENERATED_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/gen")
+include_directories(${ETH_GENERATED_DIR})
+
+# custom cmake scripts
+set(ETH_SCRIPTS_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/scripts)
+
 # Qt5 requires opengl
 # TODO use proper version of windows SDK (32 vs 64)
 # TODO make it possible to use older versions of windows SDK (7.0+ should also work)
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/buildinfo.cmake b/cmake/scripts/buildinfo.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..870cbf4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/scripts/buildinfo.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# generates BuildInfo.h
+# 
+# this module expects
+# ETH_SOURCE_DIR - main CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR
+# ETH_DST_DIR - main CMAKE_BINARY_DIR
+# ETH_BUILD_TYPE
+# ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM
+#
+# example usage:
+# cmake -DETH_SOURCE_DIR=. -DETH_DST_DIR=build -DETH_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DETH_BUILD_PLATFORM=mac -P scripts/buildinfo.cmake
+
+execute_process(
+	COMMAND git --git-dir=${ETH_SOURCE_DIR}/.git --work-tree=${ETH_SOURCE_DIR} rev-parse HEAD
+	OUTPUT_VARIABLE ETH_COMMIT_HASH
+) 
+
+if (NOT ETH_COMMIT_HASH)
+    set(ETH_COMMIT_HASH 0)
+endif()
+
+execute_process(
+	COMMAND git --git-dir=${ETH_SOURCE_DIR}/.git --work-tree=${ETH_SOURCE_DIR} diff --shortstat	
+	OUTPUT_VARIABLE ETH_LOCAL_CHANGES
+)
+
+if (ETH_LOCAL_CHANGES)
+	set(ETH_CLEAN_REPO 0)
+else()
+	set(ETH_CLEAN_REPO 1)
+endif()
+
+configure_file("${ETH_SOURCE_DIR}/BuildInfo.h.in" "${ETH_DST_DIR}/BuildInfo.h")
+
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/configure.cmake b/cmake/scripts/configure.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76fb7b757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/scripts/configure.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# adds possibility to run configure_file as buildstep
+# reference: 
+# http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2012-May/050227.html
+#
+# This module expects
+# INFILE
+# OUTFILE
+# other custom vars
+#
+# example usage:
+# cmake -DINFILE=blah.in -DOUTFILE=blah.out -Dvar1=value1 -Dvar2=value2 -P scripts/configure.cmake 
+
+configure_file(${INFILE} ${OUTFILE})
+