diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 379e3c5..cdeee83 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,28 @@
 #
 
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
-project (wsrep-lib)
+
+# Parse version from version header file and store it into
+# WSREP_LIB_VERSION.
+file (READ "include/wsrep/version.hpp" ver)
+string(REGEX MATCH "WSREP_LIB_VERSION_MAJOR ([0-9]*)" _ ${ver})
+set(ver_major ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+file (READ "include/wsrep/version.hpp" ver)
+string(REGEX MATCH "WSREP_LIB_VERSION_MINOR ([0-9]*)" _ ${ver})
+set(ver_minor ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+file (READ "include/wsrep/version.hpp" ver)
+string(REGEX MATCH "WSREP_LIB_VERSION_PATCH ([0-9]*)" _ ${ver})
+set(ver_patch ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+set(WSREP_LIB_VERSION "${ver_major}.${ver_minor}.${ver_patch}")
+message(STATUS "Wsrep-lib version: ${WSREP_LIB_VERSION}")
+
+if (POLICY CMP0048)
+  cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
+  project(wsrep-lib VERSION ${WSREP_LIB_VERSION})
+else()
+  project(wsrep-lib)
+endif()
+
 include(CheckIncludeFile)
 
 # Options
diff --git a/include/wsrep/version.hpp b/include/wsrep/version.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94312cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/wsrep/version.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Codership Oy <info@codership.com>
+ *
+ * This file is part of wsrep-lib.
+ *
+ * Wsrep-lib 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 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Wsrep-lib 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 wsrep-lib.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef WSREP_VERSION_HPP
+#define WSREP_VERSION_HPP
+
+/** @file version.hpp
+ *
+ * Wsrep library version numbers. The versioning follows Semantic
+ * Versioning 2.0.0 (https://semver.org/).
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Major version number.
+ */
+#define WSREP_LIB_VERSION_MAJOR 1
+/**
+ * Minor version number.
+ */
+#define WSREP_LIB_VERSION_MINOR 0
+/**
+ * Patch version number.
+ */
+#define WSREP_LIB_VERSION_PATCH 0
+
+// Range of supported wsrep-API versions.
+
+/**
+ * Lowest supported wsrep-API version.
+ */
+#define WSREP_LIB_MIN_API_VERSION 26
+/**
+ * Highest supported wsrep-API version.
+ */
+#define WSREP_LIB_MAX_API_VERSION 26
+
+#endif // WSREP_VERSION_HPP