diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index 215eb2348..675f3bf75 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -360,6 +360,13 @@ write_basic_package_version_file(
     VERSION ${GGML_INSTALL_VERSION}
     COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion)
 
+target_compile_definitions(ggml-base PRIVATE
+    GGML_VERSION="${GGML_INSTALL_VERSION}"
+    GGML_COMMIT="${GGML_BUILD_COMMIT}"
+)
+message(STATUS "ggml version: ${GGML_INSTALL_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "ggml commit:  ${GGML_BUILD_COMMIT}")
+
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ggml-config.cmake
               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ggml-version.cmake
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/ggml)
diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index a92495dbb..4647c8f70 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
     // misc
 
+    GGML_API const char * ggml_version(void);
+    GGML_API const char * ggml_commit(void);
+
     GGML_API void    ggml_time_init(void); // call this once at the beginning of the program
     GGML_API int64_t ggml_time_ms(void);
     GGML_API int64_t ggml_time_us(void);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index f1245c50c..474e9d83f 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -473,6 +473,14 @@ bool ggml_guid_matches(ggml_guid_t guid_a, ggml_guid_t guid_b) {
     return memcmp(guid_a, guid_b, sizeof(ggml_guid)) == 0;
 }
 
+const char * ggml_version(void) {
+    return GGML_VERSION;
+}
+
+const char * ggml_commit(void) {
+    return GGML_COMMIT;
+}
+
 //
 // timing
 //