diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
index b2c425e162..17ecafed72 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
@@ -4626,3 +4626,20 @@ _nm_utils_team_config_equal (const char *conf1,
 	return nm_streq0 (conf1, conf2);
 }
 #endif
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * nm_utils_version:
+ *
+ * Returns: the version ID of the libnm version. That is, the %NM_VERSION
+ *   at runtime.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.6.0
+ */
+guint
+nm_utils_version (void)
+{
+	return NM_VERSION;
+}
+
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.h b/libnm-core/nm-utils.h
index 69dcf55a2f..dfffb33506 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.h
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ gboolean nm_utils_enum_from_str (GType type, const char *str, int *out_value, ch
 NM_AVAILABLE_IN_1_2
 const char **nm_utils_enum_get_values (GType type, gint from, gint to);
 
+NM_AVAILABLE_IN_1_6
+guint nm_utils_version (void);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __NM_UTILS_H__ */
diff --git a/libnm/libnm.ver b/libnm/libnm.ver
index cd4978f88b..aaafe536e3 100644
--- a/libnm/libnm.ver
+++ b/libnm/libnm.ver
@@ -1107,4 +1107,5 @@ global:
 	nm_setting_proxy_get_pac_url;
 	nm_setting_proxy_get_pac_script;
 	nm_utils_is_json_object;
+	nm_utils_version;
 } libnm_1_4_0;