diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b8d5e636..c548d089 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
   # limit the text section to 28K (32K - 4k reserved for the bootloader)
   target_link_options(firmware PUBLIC -Wl,--defsym=__TEXT_REGION_LENGTH__=28K)
 
-  # place the user_signatures section at the end of the user flash
-  target_link_options(firmware PUBLIC -Wl,--defsym=__USER_SIGNATURE_REGION_LENGTH__=6)
+  # place the version information at the end of the app flash
+  target_link_options(firmware PUBLIC -Wl,--defsym=__VERSION_REGION_LENGTH__=6)
 
   # generate firmware .hex file
   objcopy(firmware "ihex" ".hex")
diff --git a/src/avr5.xn b/src/avr5.xn
index 3368fac8..31849d45 100644
--- a/src/avr5.xn
+++ b/src/avr5.xn
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ MEMORY
   fuse      (rw!x) : ORIGIN = 0x820000, LENGTH = __FUSE_REGION_LENGTH__
   lock      (rw!x) : ORIGIN = 0x830000, LENGTH = __LOCK_REGION_LENGTH__
   signature (rw!x) : ORIGIN = 0x840000, LENGTH = __SIGNATURE_REGION_LENGTH__
-  user_signatures (r) : ORIGIN = __TEXT_REGION_ORIGIN__ + __TEXT_REGION_LENGTH__ - __USER_SIGNATURE_REGION_LENGTH__, LENGTH = __USER_SIGNATURE_REGION_LENGTH__
+  user_signatures (rw!x) : ORIGIN = 0x850000, LENGTH = __USER_SIGNATURE_REGION_LENGTH__
+  version (r) : ORIGIN = __TEXT_REGION_ORIGIN__ + __TEXT_REGION_LENGTH__ - __VERSION_REGION_LENGTH__, LENGTH = __VERSION_REGION_LENGTH__
 }
 SECTIONS
 {
@@ -166,6 +167,13 @@ SECTIONS
     KEEP (*(.fini0))
      _etext = . ;
   }  > text
+
+  /* It is placed in .bootloader so that avr-size correctly includes it in the Program size calculation */
+  .bootloader :
+  {
+    KEEP(*(.version*))
+  } > version
+
   .data          :
   {
      PROVIDE (__data_start = .) ;
diff --git a/src/version.cpp b/src/version.cpp
index cb593412..9fae7aa8 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp
+++ b/src/version.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #include <version.hpp>
 
+
+// Define structure at the end of flash which contains information about the version of the firmware
 struct Signatures {
     uint8_t project_major;
     uint8_t project_minor;
     uint16_t project_revision;
     uint16_t project_build_number;
-} const signatures __attribute__((section(".user_signatures"), used)) = {
+} static constexpr signatures __attribute__((section(".version"), used)) = {
     PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR,
     PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR,
     PROJECT_VERSION_REV,