diff --git a/bindings/c/zmq.h b/bindings/c/zmq.h
index 3bcee9d1..d5fb4f43 100644
--- a/bindings/c/zmq.h
+++ b/bindings/c/zmq.h
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ extern "C" {
 #define ZMQ_EXPORT
 #endif
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//  0MQ versioning supprt.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+ZMQ_EXPORT void zmq_version (int *major, int *minor, int *patch);
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //  0MQ errors.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/config.hpp b/src/config.hpp
index 97247335..a0d5755c 100644
--- a/src/config.hpp
+++ b/src/config.hpp
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ namespace zmq
 
     enum 
     {
+        //  Current version of 0MQ.
+        version_major = 0,
+        version_minor = 0,
+        version_patch = 0,
 
         //  Number of new messages in message pipe needed to trigger new memory
         //  allocation. Setting this parameter to 256 decreases the impact of
diff --git a/src/zmq.cpp b/src/zmq.cpp
index 3ebd8d05..609c8f27 100644
--- a/src/zmq.cpp
+++ b/src/zmq.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "msg_content.hpp"
 #include "platform.hpp"
 #include "stdint.hpp"
+#include "config.hpp"
 #include "err.hpp"
 #include "fd.hpp"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,13 @@
 #include <pgm/pgm.h>
 #endif
 
+void zmq_version (int *major_, int *minor_, int *patch_)
+{
+    *major_ = zmq::version_major;
+    *minor_ = zmq::version_minor;
+    *patch_ = zmq::version_patch;
+}
+
 const char *zmq_strerror (int errnum_)
 {
     switch (errnum_) {