diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index f6903707c..d91092294 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -9139,6 +9139,21 @@ const char* wolfSSL_get_version(WOLFSSL* ssl)
     return "unknown";
 }
 
+
+/* current library version */
+const char* wolfSSL_lib_version(void)
+{
+    return LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_STRING;
+}
+
+
+/* current library version in hex */
+word32 wolfSSL_lib_version_hex(void)
+{
+    return LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_HEX;
+}
+
+
 int wolfSSL_get_current_cipher_suite(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 {
     WOLFSSL_ENTER("SSL_get_current_cipher_suite");
diff --git a/wolfssl/ssl.h b/wolfssl/ssl.h
index a5e0a64d8..8c8adf280 100644
--- a/wolfssl/ssl.h
+++ b/wolfssl/ssl.h
@@ -813,6 +813,11 @@ WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_Init(void);
 /* call when done to cleanup/free session cache mutex / resources  */
 WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_Cleanup(void);
 
+/* which library version do we have */
+WOLFSSL_API const char* wolfSSL_lib_version(void);
+/* which library version do we have in hex */
+WOLFSSL_API unsigned int wolfSSL_lib_version_hex(void);
+
 /* turn logging on, only if compiled in */
 WOLFSSL_API int  wolfSSL_Debugging_ON(void);
 /* turn logging off */