diff --git a/src/pipewire/meson.build b/src/pipewire/meson.build
index 9929d498e..8f149eb1c 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/meson.build
+++ b/src/pipewire/meson.build
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ pipewire_sources = [
   'work-queue.c',
 ]
 
+configure_file(input : 'version.h.in',
+  output : 'version.h',
+  install_dir : 'include/pipewire',
+  configuration : cdata)
+
 install_headers(pipewire_headers, subdir : 'pipewire')
 
 libpipewire_c_args = [
diff --git a/src/pipewire/pipewire.c b/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
index 488edd0ff..394ed2dd9 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
 
 #include <spa/support/dbus.h>
 
-#include "pipewire/pipewire.h"
-#include "pipewire/private.h"
+#include "pipewire.h"
+#include "private.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #define MAX_SUPPORT	32
 
@@ -596,3 +597,9 @@ enum pw_direction pw_direction_reverse(enum pw_direction direction)
 		return PW_DIRECTION_INPUT;
 	return direction;
 }
+
+/** Get the currently running version */
+const char* pw_get_library_version(void)
+{
+	return pw_get_headers_version();
+}
diff --git a/src/pipewire/pipewire.h b/src/pipewire/pipewire.h
index b037f80da..6e7e40d64 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/pipewire.h
+++ b/src/pipewire/pipewire.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <pipewire/thread-loop.h>
 #include <pipewire/type.h>
 #include <pipewire/utils.h>
+#include <pipewire/version.h>
 
 /** \mainpage
  *
diff --git a/src/pipewire/version.h.in b/src/pipewire/version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e43bef92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipewire/version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* PipeWire
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __PIPEWIRE_VERSION_H__
+#define __PIPEWIRE_VERSION_H__
+
+/* WARNING: Make sure to edit the real source file version.h.in! */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** Return the version of the header files. Keep in mind that this is
+a macro and not a function, so it is impossible to get the pointer of
+it. */
+#define pw_get_headers_version() ("@PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MAJOR@.@PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MINOR@.@PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MICRO@")
+
+/** Return the version of the library the current application is
+ * linked to. */
+const char* pw_get_library_version(void);
+
+/** The current API version. Versions prior to 0.2.0 have
+ * PW_API_VERSION undefined. Please note that this is only ever
+ * increased on incompatible API changes!  */
+#define PW_API_VERSION @PIPEWIRE_API_VERSION@
+
+/** The major version of PipeWire. \since 0.2.0 */
+#define PW_MAJOR @PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MAJOR@
+
+/** The minor version of PipeWire. \since 0.2.0 */
+#define PW_MINOR @PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MINOR@
+
+/** The micro version of PipeWire. \since 0.2.0 */
+#define PW_MICRO @PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MICRO@
+
+/** Evaluates to TRUE if the PipeWire library version is equal or
+ * newer than the specified. \since 0.2.0 */
+#define PW_CHECK_VERSION(major,minor,micro)                             \
+    ((PW_MAJOR > (major)) ||                                            \
+     (PW_MAJOR == (major) && PW_MINOR > (minor)) ||                     \
+     (PW_MAJOR == (major) && PW_MINOR == (minor) && PW_MICRO >= (micro)))
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __PIPEWIRE_VERION_H__ */