diff --git a/libobs/obs.c b/libobs/obs.c
index 95850542d..0d7acd105 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.c
+++ b/libobs/obs.c
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ bool obs_initialized(void)
 	return obs != NULL;
 }
 
+uint32_t obs_get_version(void)
+{
+	return LIBOBS_API_VER;
+}
+
 void obs_set_locale(const char *locale)
 {
 	if (!obs)
diff --git a/libobs/obs.h b/libobs/obs.h
index 7753a6c7e..f36e2c5eb 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.h
+++ b/libobs/obs.h
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ EXPORT void obs_shutdown(void);
 /** @return true if the main OBS context has been initialized */
 EXPORT bool obs_initialized(void);
 
+/** @return The current core version */
+EXPORT uint32_t obs_get_version(void);
+
 /**
  * Sets a new locale to use for modules.  This will call obs_module_set_locale
  * for each module with the new locale.