diff --git a/bindings/c/include/ipl3checksum.h b/bindings/c/include/ipl3checksum.h
index 9c8c90d..5de8b77 100644
--- a/bindings/c/include/ipl3checksum.h
+++ b/bindings/c/include/ipl3checksum.h
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
 #include "ipl3checksum/checksum.h"
 #include "ipl3checksum/detect.h"
 #include "ipl3checksum/utils.h"
+#include "ipl3checksum/version.h"
 
 #endif
diff --git a/bindings/c/include/ipl3checksum/version.h b/bindings/c/include/ipl3checksum/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a31d8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/c/include/ipl3checksum/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef IPL3CHECKSUM_VERSION_H
+#define IPL3CHECKSUM_VERSION_H
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+extern const int32_t ipl3checksum_version_major;
+extern const int32_t ipl3checksum_version_minor;
+extern const int32_t ipl3checksum_version_patch;
+
+extern const char *const ipl3checksum_version_str;
+
+extern const char *const ipl3checksum_version_author;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum.c b/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum.c
index 394bb70..ed6bff8 100644
--- a/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum.c
+++ b/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         return -1;
     }
 
+    fprintf(stderr, "Running ipl3checksum version %s\n", ipl3checksum_version_str);
+
     const char *bin_path = argv[1];
     const char *cic_kind_name = argv[2];
 
diff --git a/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum_autodetect.c b/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum_autodetect.c
index a9fd52e..5a4d121 100644
--- a/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum_autodetect.c
+++ b/bindings/c/tests/test_checksum_autodetect.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         return -1;
     }
 
+    fprintf(stderr, "Running ipl3checksum version %s\n", ipl3checksum_version_str);
+
     const char *bin_path = argv[1];
 
     size_t bin_size = 0;
diff --git a/bindings/c/tests/test_detect.c b/bindings/c/tests/test_detect.c
index 81bd821..6027436 100644
--- a/bindings/c/tests/test_detect.c
+++ b/bindings/c/tests/test_detect.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         return -1;
     }
 
+    fprintf(stderr, "Running ipl3checksum version %s\n", ipl3checksum_version_str);
+
     const char *bin_path = argv[1];
 
     size_t bin_size = 0;
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b8f5f34..29a0f1f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ version = "1.1.0.dev0"
 description = "Library to calculate the IPL3 checksum for N64 ROMs"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
+authors = [
+    { name="Anghelo Carvajal", email="angheloalf95@gmail.com" },
+]
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Rust",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
diff --git a/src/rs/lib.rs b/src/rs/lib.rs
index f040cb4..eda37fd 100644
--- a/src/rs/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rs/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod cickinds;
 mod detect;
 mod error;
 mod utils;
+pub mod version;
 
 pub use checksum::*;
 pub use cickinds::*;
diff --git a/src/rs/version.rs b/src/rs/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e41ba53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rs/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2023 Decompollaborate */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
+
+pub static VERSION_MAJOR: i32 = 1;
+pub static VERSION_MINOR: i32 = 1;
+pub static VERSION_PATCH: i32 = 0;
+
+pub static VERSION_INFO: (i32, i32, i32) = (VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_PATCH);
+
+// TODO: figure out a way to construct this string by using VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR and VERSION_PATCH (concat! and stringify! didn't work)
+pub static VERSION_STR: &str = "1.1.0";
+
+pub static AUTHOR: &str = "Decompollaborate";
+
+#[cfg(feature = "c_bindings")]
+mod c_bindings {
+    #[no_mangle]
+    static ipl3checksum_version_major: i32 = super::VERSION_MAJOR;
+    #[no_mangle]
+    static ipl3checksum_version_minor: i32 = super::VERSION_MINOR;
+    #[no_mangle]
+    static ipl3checksum_version_patch: i32 = super::VERSION_PATCH;
+
+    // TODO: construct this from super::VERSION_STR
+    #[no_mangle]
+    static ipl3checksum_version_str: &[u8] = b"1.1.0\0";
+
+    // TODO: construct this from super::AUTHOR
+    #[no_mangle]
+    static ipl3checksum_version_author: &[u8] = b"Decompollaborate\0";
+}