diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d0f1eda..ac7b777a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,12 +9,35 @@ Emscripten.cmake"
     )
 endif()
 
+# Extract the project name & version from package.json
+file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/package.json" PACKAGE_JSON_CONTENT)
+if(${PACKAGE_JSON_CONTENT} MATCHES "\"name\":[ ]*\"([^\"]+)\"")
+    set(CLP_FFI_JS_PROJECT_NAME
+            ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}
+            CACHE STRING
+            "The name of the project parsed from `package.json`."
+            FORCE
+    )
+else()
+    set(CLP_FFI_JS_PROJECT_NAME "clp-ffi-js" CACHE STRING "Use a placeholder project name." FORCE)
+endif()
+if(${PACKAGE_JSON_CONTENT} MATCHES "\"version\":[ ]*\"([^\"]+)\"")
+    set(CLP_FFI_JS_VERSION
+        ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}
+        CACHE STRING
+        "The version of the project parsed from `package.json`."
+        FORCE
+    )
+else()
+    set(CLP_FFI_JS_VERSION "0.0.0" CACHE STRING "Use a placeholder version." FORCE)
+endif()
+
 project(
-    clp-ffi-js
+    ${CLP_FFI_JS_PROJECT_NAME}
     LANGUAGES
         C
         CXX
-    VERSION 0.3.1
+    VERSION "${CLP_FFI_JS_VERSION}"
 )
 
 # Enable exporting compile commands