diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 45981c1..dfb549b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow,
 LIBNL_LIB="$LIBM"
 AC_SUBST(LIBNL_LIB)
 
-AC_OUTPUT([Makefile.opts libnl-1.pc doc/Doxyfile])
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile.opts libnl-1.pc doc/Doxyfile include/netlink/version.h])
diff --git a/include/netlink/netlink.h b/include/netlink/netlink.h
index 2cdf345..bfae909 100644
--- a/include/netlink/netlink.h
+++ b/include/netlink/netlink.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/genetlink.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
+#include <netlink/version.h>
 #include <netlink/types.h>
 #include <netlink/handlers.h>
 #include <netlink/socket.h>
diff --git a/include/netlink/version.h b/include/netlink/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e0178c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/netlink/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * netlink/version.h	Compile Time Versioning Information
+ *
+ *	This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *	modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *	License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1
+ *	of the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NETLINK_VERSION_H_
+#define NETLINK_VERSION_H_
+
+#define LIBNL_STRING "libnl 1.2"
+#define LIBNL_VERSION "1.2"
+
+#endif