diff --git a/components/codetools/definetemplates.pas b/components/codetools/definetemplates.pas
index 91150a5995..188d79f5a9 100644
--- a/components/codetools/definetemplates.pas
+++ b/components/codetools/definetemplates.pas
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ type
     function GetUnitPaths: string;
     function GetFPCVerNumbers(out FPCVersion, FPCRelease, FPCPatch: integer): boolean;
     function GetFPCVer: string; // e.g. 2.7.1
+    function GetFPC_FULLVERSION: integer; // e.g. 20701
     function IndexOfUsedCfgFile: integer;
     procedure IncreaseChangeStamp;
     property ChangeStamp: integer read FChangeStamp;
@@ -7867,6 +7868,24 @@ begin
     Result:='';
 end;
 
+function TFPCTargetConfigCache.GetFPC_FULLVERSION: integer;
+var
+  v: String;
+  FPCVersion: integer;
+  FPCRelease: integer;
+  FPCPatch: integer;
+begin
+  if Defines<>nil then
+    Result:=StrToIntDef(Defines['FPC_FULLVERSION'],0)
+  else
+    Result:=0;
+  if Result=0 then begin
+    v:={$I %FPCVERSION%};
+    SplitFPCVersion(v,FPCVersion,FPCRelease,FPCPatch);
+    Result:=(FPCVersion*100+FPCRelease)*100+FPCPatch;
+  end;
+end;
+
 function TFPCTargetConfigCache.IndexOfUsedCfgFile: integer;
 begin
   if ConfigFiles=nil then exit(-1);
diff --git a/ide/buildmanager.pas b/ide/buildmanager.pas
index 2b8f868e97..8aa5424ca1 100644
--- a/ide/buildmanager.pas
+++ b/ide/buildmanager.pas
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ type
     FFPCSrcScans: TFPCSrcScans;
     // Macro FPCVer
     FFPCVer: string;
+    FFPC_FULLVERSION: integer;
     FFPCVerChangeStamp: integer;
     // Macro InstantFPCCache
     FMacroInstantFPCCache: string;
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ type
                           var {%H-}Abort: boolean): string;
     function MacroFuncFPCVer(const {%H-}Param: string; const {%H-}Data: PtrInt;
                              var {%H-}Abort: boolean): string;
+    function MacroFuncFPC_FULLVERSION(const {%H-}Param: string; const {%H-}Data: PtrInt;
+                             var {%H-}Abort: boolean): string;
     function MacroFuncLCLWidgetType(const {%H-}Param: string; const Data: PtrInt;
                                     var {%H-}Abort: boolean): string;
     function MacroFuncLazVer(const {%H-}Param: string; const Data: PtrInt;
@@ -370,6 +373,8 @@ begin
                       lisSrcOS,@MacroFuncSrcOS,[]));
   GlobalMacroList.Add(TTransferMacro.Create('FPCVer','',
                       lisFPCVersionEG222, @MacroFuncFPCVer, []));
+  GlobalMacroList.Add(TTransferMacro.Create('FPC_FULLVERSION','',
+                      lisFPCFullVersionEG20701, @MacroFuncFPC_FULLVERSION, []));
   GlobalMacroList.Add(TTransferMacro.Create('Params','',
                       lisCommandLineParamsOfProgram,@MacroFuncParams,[]));
   GlobalMacroList.Add(TTransferMacro.Create('ProjFile','',
@@ -2034,7 +2039,7 @@ end;
 function TBuildManager.MacroFuncFPCVer(const Param: string; const Data: PtrInt;
   var Abort: boolean): string;
 
-  function Compute: string;
+  procedure Compute;
   var
     TargetOS: String;
     TargetCPU: String;
@@ -2042,9 +2047,10 @@ function TBuildManager.MacroFuncFPCVer(const Param: string; const Data: PtrInt;
     ConfigCache: TFPCTargetConfigCache;
     s: string;
   begin
+    FFPC_FULLVERSION:=0;
     if OverrideFPCVer<>'' then
-      exit(OverrideFPCVer);
-    Result:={$I %FPCVERSION%};   // Version.Release.Patch
+      FFPCVer:=OverrideFPCVer;
+    FFPCVer:={$I %FPCVERSION%};   // Version.Release.Patch
     if CodeToolBoss<>nil then begin
       // fetch the FPC version from the current compiler
       // Not from the fpc.exe, but from the real compiler
@@ -2062,22 +2068,31 @@ function TBuildManager.MacroFuncFPCVer(const Param: string; const Data: PtrInt;
         then
           exit;
       end;
-      Result:=ConfigCache.GetFPCVer;
+      FFPCVer:=ConfigCache.GetFPCVer;
+      FFPC_FULLVERSION:=ConfigCache.GetFPC_FULLVERSION;
     end;
   end;
 
 begin
   if FFPCVerChangeStamp<>CompilerParseStamp then
   begin
-    FFPCVer:=Compute;
+    Compute;
     FFPCVerChangeStamp:=CompilerParseStamp;
-    {$IFDEF VerboseFPCSrcScan}
-    debugln(['TBuildManager.MacroFuncFPCVer ',FFPCVer]);
-    {$ENDIF}
+    { $IFDEF VerboseFPCSrcScan}
+    debugln(['TBuildManager.MacroFuncFPCVer FPCVer=',FFPCVer,' FPC_FULLVERSION=',FFPC_FULLVERSION]);
+    { $ENDIF}
   end;
   Result:=FFPCVer;
 end;
 
+function TBuildManager.MacroFuncFPC_FULLVERSION(const Param: string;
+  const Data: PtrInt; var Abort: boolean): string;
+begin
+  if FFPCVerChangeStamp<>CompilerParseStamp then
+    MacroFuncFPCVer(Param,Data,Abort);
+  Result:=IntToStr(FFPC_FULLVERSION);
+end;
+
 function TBuildManager.MacroFuncParams(const Param: string; const Data: PtrInt;
   var Abort: boolean): string;
 begin
diff --git a/ide/compileroptions.pp b/ide/compileroptions.pp
index 1889bb0f36..b5c6df0e74 100644
--- a/ide/compileroptions.pp
+++ b/ide/compileroptions.pp
@@ -138,10 +138,14 @@ type
   { TIDECfgScriptEngine }
 
   TIDECfgScriptEngine = class(TCTConfigScriptEngine)
+  private
+    FProjValuesAvailable: boolean;
   protected
     function IsCustomFunction(FunctionName: PChar): boolean; override;
     procedure RunCustomSimpleFunction(FunctionName: PChar;
       Value: PCTCfgScriptVariable); override;
+  public
+    property ProjValuesAvailable: boolean read FProjValuesAvailable write FProjValuesAvailable;
   end;
 
 type
@@ -1018,6 +1022,7 @@ begin
   'G':
     if (CompareIdentifiers(FunctionName,'GetIDEValue')=0)
     or (CompareIdentifiers(FunctionName,'GetEnv')=0)
+    or (ProjValuesAvailable and (CompareIdentifiers(FunctionName,'GetProjValue')=0))
     then exit(true);
   end;
   Result:=false;
@@ -1027,6 +1032,7 @@ procedure TIDECfgScriptEngine.RunCustomSimpleFunction(FunctionName: PChar;
   Value: PCTCfgScriptVariable);
 var
   VarName: String;
+  s: String;
 begin
   case UpChars[FunctionName^] of
   'G':
@@ -1049,6 +1055,16 @@ begin
     begin
       VarName:=GetCTCSVariableAsString(Value);
       SetCTCSVariableAsString(Value,GetEnvironmentVariableUTF8(VarName));
+    end else if ProjValuesAvailable
+    and (CompareIdentifiers(FunctionName,'GetProjValue')=0) then
+    begin
+      VarName:=GetCTCSVariableAsString(Value);
+      if CompareIdentifiers(PChar(VarName),'FPC_FULLVERSION')=0 then
+      begin
+        s:='$(FPC_FULLVERSION)';
+        GlobalMacroList.SubstituteStr(s);
+        SetCTCSVariableAsNumber(Value,StrToIntDef(s,0));
+      end;
     end;
   end;
 end;
diff --git a/ide/frames/compiler_other_options.pas b/ide/frames/compiler_other_options.pas
index bedb9d24e8..61493ea604 100644
--- a/ide/frames/compiler_other_options.pas
+++ b/ide/frames/compiler_other_options.pas
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ begin
   AddWord('GetIDEValue(''LCLWidgetType'')');
   AddWord('GetEnv(''USER'')');
   AddWord('GetEnv(''HOME'')');
+  if FCompOptions is TPkgCompilerOptions then
+    AddWord('GetProjValue(''FPC_FULLVERSION'')');
 
   // add result variables
   for pcov:=low(ParsedCompilerOptsVars) to high(ParsedCompilerOptsVars) do
diff --git a/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas b/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas
index 8d30ed4ddb..6863bb9046 100644
--- a/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas
+++ b/ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas
@@ -4953,6 +4953,7 @@ resourcestring
   lisTheUnitSearchPathOfContainsTheSourceDirectoryOfPac = 'The unit search '
     +'path of "%s" contains the source directory "%s" of package %s';
   lisFPCVersionEG222 = 'FPC Version (e.g. 2.2.2)';
+  lisFPCFullVersionEG20701 = 'FPC version as one number (e.g. 20701)';
   lisLAZVer = 'Lazarus Version (e.g. 1.2.4)';
   lisMissingIdentifiers = 'Missing identifiers';
   lisChooseAFPDocLink = 'Choose a FPDoc link';
diff --git a/packager/packagedefs.pas b/packager/packagedefs.pas
index ea78c9d8c8..271d1c64aa 100644
--- a/packager/packagedefs.pas
+++ b/packager/packagedefs.pas
@@ -4093,6 +4093,7 @@ begin
   inherited Create(AOwner);
   if AOwner<>nil then
     FLazPackage := AOwner as TLazPackage;
+  ParsedOpts.MacroValues.ProjValuesAvailable:=true;
 end;
 
 class function TPkgCompilerOptions.GetGroupCaption: string;
diff --git a/packager/packagelinks.pas b/packager/packagelinks.pas
index b666514cab..2899c0a328 100644
--- a/packager/packagelinks.pas
+++ b/packager/packagelinks.pas
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ type
     procedure SetFilename(const AValue: string);
     procedure SetOrigin(const AValue: TPkgLinkOrigin);
   public
-    constructor Create;
+    constructor Create; override;
     destructor Destroy; override;
     function MakeSense: boolean;
     function GetEffectiveFilename: string;
diff --git a/packager/pkglinksdlg.pas b/packager/pkglinksdlg.pas
index af93d84704..38426dce5b 100644
--- a/packager/pkglinksdlg.pas
+++ b/packager/pkglinksdlg.pas
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type
     FLPKInfo: TLPKInfo;
     FVisible: boolean;
   public
-    constructor Create;
+    constructor Create; override;
     destructor Destroy; override;
     procedure Assign(Source: TPersistent); override;
     property Origin;