diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 840d00de8b..7570f85633 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ set(libsrc
     src/xml.c
     src/xpath.c
     src/validation.c
+    src/version.c
     ${type_plugins})
 
 set(headers
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffbb9d437e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * @file version.c
+ * @author David Schweizer <dschweizer@netdef.org>
+ * @brief Libyang version API calls
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Network Device Education Foundation (NetDEF), Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under BSD 3-Clause License (the "License").
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include "version.h"
+
+static struct ly_version _v_so = {
+    .major = LY_VERSION_MAJOR,
+    .minor = LY_VERSION_MINOR,
+    .micro = LY_VERSION_MICRO,
+    .str = LY_VERSION
+};
+
+static struct ly_version _v_proj = {
+    .major = LY_PROJ_VERSION_MAJOR,
+    .minor = LY_PROJ_VERSION_MINOR,
+    .micro = LY_PROJ_VERSION_MICRO,
+    .str = LY_PROJ_VERSION
+};
+
+LIBYANG_API_DEF struct ly_version ly_get_so_version(void)
+{
+    return _v_so;
+}
+
+LIBYANG_API_DEF const char *ly_get_so_version_str(void)
+{
+    return _v_so.str;
+}
+
+LIBYANG_API_DEF struct ly_version ly_get_project_version(void)
+{
+    return _v_proj;
+}
+
+LIBYANG_API_DEF const char *ly_get_project_version_str(void)
+{
+    return _v_proj.str;
+}
diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
index b1b7387107..b89fdf1547 100644
--- a/src/version.h.in
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
 #ifndef LY_VERSION_H_
 #define LY_VERSION_H_
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "ly_config.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 #define LY_VERSION_MAJOR @LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION@ /**< libyang major version number */
 #define LY_VERSION_MINOR @LIBYANG_MINOR_SOVERSION@ /**< libyang minor version number */
 #define LY_VERSION_MICRO @LIBYANG_MICRO_SOVERSION@ /**< libyang micro version number */
@@ -25,4 +33,46 @@
 #define LY_PROJ_VERSION_MICRO @LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION@ /**< project micro version number */
 #define LY_PROJ_VERSION "@LIBYANG_VERSION@" /**< project version string */
 
+/**
+ * @brief Structure to hold libyang version information.
+ */
+struct ly_version {
+    uint32_t major; /**< Major version number */
+    uint32_t minor; /**< Minor version number */
+    uint32_t micro; /**< Micro version number */
+    const char *str; /**< Version string */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get libyang shared object library version information struct.
+ *
+ * @return Shared object library version information struct.
+ */
+LIBYANG_API_DECL struct ly_version ly_get_so_version(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get libyang shared object library version string.
+ *
+ * @return Shared object library version string.
+ */
+LIBYANG_API_DECL const char *ly_get_so_version_str(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get libyang project version information struct.
+ *
+ * @return Project version information struct.
+ */
+LIBYANG_API_DECL struct ly_version ly_get_project_version(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get libyang project version string.
+ *
+ * @return Project version string.
+ */
+LIBYANG_API_DECL const char *ly_get_project_version_str(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* LY_VERSION_H_ */