diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9e7467..18900c2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ endif()
 
 message("Found FRIClient of version: " ${FRICLIENT_VERSION})
 
+# create version header
+configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/friVersion.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FRIClient_SDK_NAME}/include/friVersion.h
+)
+
 #################################
 # define FRIClient library target
 #################################
diff --git a/friVersion.h.in b/friVersion.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8e0de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/friVersion.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef FRI_VERSION_H
+#define FRI_VERSION_H
+
+#define FRICLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR @FRICLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define FRICLIENT_VERSION_MINOR @FRICLIENT_VERSION_MINOR@
+
+#endif // FRI_VERSION_H