diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 577648b03bd349f1136adb48196ab2d5fe669864..80da4ffdd27718d5ab66fe3d42266d504aa970b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@
                <artifactId>freehep-nar-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <cpp>
-                       <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
-                       <includePaths>
-                           <includePath>${basedir}/include</includePath>
-                       </includePaths>
-                   </cpp>
+                      <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+                      <includePaths>
+                        <includePath>${basedir}/include</includePath>
+                      </includePaths>
+                      <defines>
+                        <define>LOG4TANGO_HAVE_INT64_T</define>
+                        <define>PROJECT_NAME=${project.name}</define>
+                        <define>PROJECT_VERSION=${project.version}</define>
+                    </defines>
+                 </cpp>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>