diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index f82aff3e36..3989d47836 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ Load (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   global_obj->Set(String::NewSymbol("node"), node_obj);
 
+  node_obj->Set(String::NewSymbol("version"), String::New(NODE_VERSION));
+
   Local<Array> arguments = Array::New(argc);
   for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
     Local<String> arg = String::New(argv[i]);
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 1724d9bc33..fd18fa3c37 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace node {
 
+#define NODE_VERSION "0.1.2"
+
 #define NODE_DEFINE_CONSTANT(target, constant)                            \
   (target)->Set(v8::String::NewSymbol(#constant),                         \
                 v8::Integer::New(constant))
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 9c19555179..4c4c158c69 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ from logging import fatal
 
 import js2c
 
-VERSION='0.1.2'
-APPNAME='node'
-
 srcdir = '.'
 blddir = 'build'
 cwd = os.getcwd()