diff --git a/libsolidity/Version.cpp b/libsolidity/Version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..971fb334b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsolidity/Version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+	This file is part of cpp-ethereum.
+
+	cpp-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	cpp-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with cpp-ethereum.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+/**
+ * @author Christian <c@ethdev.com>
+ * @date 2015
+ * Versioning.
+ */
+
+#include <libsolidity/Version.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <BuildInfo.h>
+#include <libdevcore/Common.h>
+
+using namespace dev;
+using namespace dev::solidity;
+using namespace std;
+
+char const* dev::solidity::VersionNumber = "0.1.0";
+extern string const dev::solidity::VersionString =
+	string(dev::solidity::VersionNumber) +
+	"-" +
+	string(DEV_QUOTED(ETH_COMMIT_HASH)).substr(0, 8) +
+	(ETH_CLEAN_REPO ? "" : "*") +
+	"/" DEV_QUOTED(ETH_BUILD_TYPE) "-" DEV_QUOTED(ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM);
+
diff --git a/libsolidity/Version.h b/libsolidity/Version.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e00f07b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsolidity/Version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+	This file is part of cpp-ethereum.
+
+	cpp-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	cpp-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with cpp-ethereum.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+/**
+ * @author Christian <c@ethdev.com>
+ * @date 2015
+ * Versioning.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace dev
+{
+namespace solidity
+{
+
+extern char const* VersionNumber;
+extern std::string const VersionString;
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp b/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp
index c95f34f62..00bf2ab33 100644
--- a/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp
+++ b/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <libdevcore/CommonIO.h>
 #include <libevmcore/Instruction.h>
 #include <libevmcore/Params.h>
+#include <libsolidity/Version.h>
 #include <libsolidity/Scanner.h>
 #include <libsolidity/Parser.h>
 #include <libsolidity/ASTPrinter.h>
@@ -81,9 +82,12 @@ static set<string> const g_combinedJsonArgs{
 
 static void version()
 {
-	cout << "solc, the solidity compiler commandline interface " << dev::Version << endl
-		 << "  by Christian <c@ethdev.com> and Lefteris <lefteris@ethdev.com>, (c) 2014." << endl
-		 << "Build: " << DEV_QUOTED(ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM) << "/" << DEV_QUOTED(ETH_BUILD_TYPE) << endl;
+	cout <<
+		"solc, the solidity compiler commandline interface" <<
+		endl <<
+		"Version: " <<
+		dev::solidity::VersionString <<
+		endl;
 	exit(0);
 }