diff --git a/tools/getnextnodeversion.py b/tools/getnextnodeversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79ee771e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/getnextnodeversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import os,re
+
+node_version_h = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'src',
+    'node_version.h')
+
+f = open(node_version_h)
+
+for line in f:
+  if re.match('#define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION', line):
+    major = line.split()[2]
+  if re.match('#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION', line):
+    minor = line.split()[2]
+  if re.match('#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION', line):
+    patch = int(line.split()[2]) + 1
+
+print '%(major)s.%(minor)s.%(patch)s'% locals()
diff --git a/tools/getprevnodeversion.py b/tools/getprevnodeversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff0d87d38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/getprevnodeversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import os,re
+
+node_version_h = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'src',
+    'node_version.h')
+
+f = open(node_version_h)
+
+for line in f:
+  if re.match('#define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION', line):
+    major = line.split()[2]
+  if re.match('#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION', line):
+    minor = line.split()[2]
+  if re.match('#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION', line):
+    patch = int(line.split()[2]) - 1
+
+print '%(major)s.%(minor)s.%(patch)s'% locals()