diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d27e55dd97e..7389021c74c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+libmongoc 1.25.1 (Unreleased)
+=============================
+
+Fixes:
+
+  * Add back support for `BUILD_VERSION` CMake option. `BUILD_VERSION` was unintentionally removed in 1.25.0.
+
 libmongoc 1.25.0
 ================
 
diff --git a/build/cmake/BuildVersion.cmake b/build/cmake/BuildVersion.cmake
index 4b04eb8cf1c..18d29a0c218 100644
--- a/build/cmake/BuildVersion.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/BuildVersion.cmake
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ function(compute_build_version outvar)
     set("${outvar}" "${output}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
-# Define the BUILD_VERSION:
-compute_build_version(BUILD_VERSION)
+# Compute the BUILD_VERSION if it is not already defined:
+if(NOT DEFINED BUILD_VERSION)
+    compute_build_version(BUILD_VERSION)
+endif()
 
 # Set a BUILD_VERSION_SIMPLE, which is just a three-number-triple that CMake understands
 string (REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+).*$" "\\1" BUILD_VERSION_SIMPLE "${BUILD_VERSION}")