diff --git a/src/collocatordb.cc b/src/collocatordb.cc
index 28035f6..691f820 100644
--- a/src/collocatordb.cc
+++ b/src/collocatordb.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <rocksdb/slice_transform.h>
 #include "merge_operators.h"
 #include "export.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #define WINDOW_SIZE 5
 #define FREQUENCY_THRESHOLD 5
@@ -895,6 +896,10 @@
     return strdup(db->collocators2json(w1, db->get_collocation_scores(w1, w2)).c_str());
   }
 
+  DLL_EXPORT const char *get_version() {
+    return PROJECT_VERSION;
+  }
+
 #ifdef __clang__
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #endif
diff --git a/src/collocatordb.h b/src/collocatordb.h
index 7b9b3f5..af97419 100644
--- a/src/collocatordb.h
+++ b/src/collocatordb.h
@@ -118,4 +118,4 @@
 extern char *get_collocation_scores_as_json(COLLOCATORDB *db, uint32_t w1, uint32_t w2);
 extern char *get_word(COLLOCATORDB *db, uint32_t w1);
 extern void read_vocab(COLLOCATORDB *db, char *fname);
-
+extern char *get_version();