diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bundler (~> 1.0.0)
   factory_girl
   hashie
+  i18n
   jeweler (~> 1.6.4)
   money
   nokogiri
diff --git a/lib/fletcher.rb b/lib/fletcher.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/fletcher.rb
+++ b/lib/fletcher.rb
@@ -55,4 +55,14 @@ module Fletcher
     item.parse(data)

     return item   

   end  

+  

+  # Get gem version

+  def self.version

+    File.read(File.join(root, "VERSION"))

+  end

+  

+  # Get gem root directory

+  def self.root

+    File.expand_path("../..", __FILE__)

+  end

 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/lib/fletcher_spec.rb b/spec/lib/fletcher_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/spec/lib/fletcher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/fletcher_spec.rb
@@ -49,4 +49,10 @@ describe Fletcher do
       end      

     end        

   end

+  

+  describe :version do

+    it "should return a string" do

+      described_class.version.should_not be_nil

+    end

+  end

 end
Added Fletcher.root and Fletcher.version