diff --git a/lib/restclient.rb b/lib/restclient.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/restclient.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient.rb
@@ -98,4 +98,10 @@ module RestClient
 		return @@log if defined? @@log
 		nil
 	end
+
+  def self.version
+    version_path = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../VERSION"
+    return File.read(version_path).chomp if File.file?(version_path)
+    "0.0.0"
+  end
 end
Allow RestClient to report it's version