diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 567609b..0de87d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 build/
+test/version_test.cpp
diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/version.h b/include/yaml-cpp/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3d9afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef YAML_CPP_VERSION_H
+#define YAML_CPP_VERSION_H
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) ||                                            \
+    (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4) || \
+     (__GNUC__ >= 4))  // GCC supports "pragma once" correctly since 3.4
+#pragma once
+#endif
+
+#define YAML_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR 0
+#define YAML_CPP_VERSION_MINOR 5
+#define YAML_CPP_VERSION_PATCH 2
+
+// String representation of the current version (ie. "0.1.2")
+#define YAML_CPP_VERSION "0.5.2"
+
+#endif  // YAML_CPP_VERSION_H
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index ad61a3c..2507134 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" OR
   endif()
 endif()
 
+# Create version_test.cpp
+configure_file(${YAML_CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/test/version_test.cpp.in ${YAML_CPP_SOURCE_DIR}/test/version_test.cpp)
+
 file(GLOB test_headers [a-z_]*.h)
 file(GLOB test_sources [a-z_]*.cpp integration/[a-z_]*.cpp node/[a-z_]*.cpp)
 file(GLOB test_new_api_sources new-api/[a-z]*.cpp)
diff --git a/test/version_test.cpp.in b/test/version_test.cpp.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..576b827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/version_test.cpp.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "yaml-cpp/version.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace YAML {
+namespace {
+TEST(VersionTest, Major)
+{
+  ASSERT_EQ(${YAML_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR}, YAML_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, Minor)
+{
+  ASSERT_EQ(${YAML_CPP_VERSION_MINOR}, YAML_CPP_VERSION_MINOR);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, Path)
+{
+  ASSERT_EQ(${YAML_CPP_VERSION_PATCH}, YAML_CPP_VERSION_PATCH);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, String)
+{
+  ASSERT_STREQ("${YAML_CPP_VERSION}", YAML_CPP_VERSION);
+}
+}
+}