diff --git a/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java b/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java
index 65c86419..faec252f 100644
--- a/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java
+++ b/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ public class Capstone {
     public byte cs_reg_read(NativeLong csh, Pointer insn, int id);
     public byte cs_reg_write(NativeLong csh, Pointer insn, int id);
     public int cs_errno(NativeLong csh);
+    public void cs_version(IntByReference major, IntByReference minor);
   }
 
   // capstone API version
diff --git a/bindings/python/capstone/__init__.py b/bindings/python/capstone/__init__.py
index 304a1a35..cfda6474 100644
--- a/bindings/python/capstone/__init__.py
+++ b/bindings/python/capstone/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from capstone import Cs, CsError, cs_disasm_quick, CS_API_MAJOR, CS_API_MINOR, CS_ARCH_ARM, CS_ARCH_ARM64, CS_ARCH_MIPS, CS_ARCH_X86, CS_MODE_LITTLE_ENDIAN, CS_MODE_ARM, CS_MODE_THUMB, CS_OPT_SYNTAX, CS_OPT_SYNTAX_INTEL, CS_MODE_16, CS_MODE_32, CS_MODE_64, CS_OPT_SYNTAX_ATT, CS_MODE_BIG_ENDIAN, CS_MODE_MICRO, CS_MODE_N64
+from capstone import Cs, CsError, cs_disasm_quick, cs_version, CS_API_MAJOR, CS_API_MINOR, CS_ARCH_ARM, CS_ARCH_ARM64, CS_ARCH_MIPS, CS_ARCH_X86, CS_MODE_LITTLE_ENDIAN, CS_MODE_ARM, CS_MODE_THUMB, CS_OPT_SYNTAX, CS_OPT_SYNTAX_INTEL, CS_MODE_16, CS_MODE_32, CS_MODE_64, CS_OPT_SYNTAX_ATT, CS_MODE_BIG_ENDIAN, CS_MODE_MICRO, CS_MODE_N64
diff --git a/bindings/python/capstone/capstone.py b/bindings/python/capstone/capstone.py
index 14920a80..bf3a4e7d 100644
--- a/bindings/python/capstone/capstone.py
+++ b/bindings/python/capstone/capstone.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import arm, arm64, mips, x86
 __all__ = [
     'Cs',
     'CsInsn',
+
     'cs_disasm_quick',
+    'cs_version',
 
     'CS_API_MAJOR',
     'CS_API_MINOR',
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ _setup_prototype(_cs, "cs_op_count", ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_size_t, ctypes.POINT
 _setup_prototype(_cs, "cs_op_index", ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_size_t, ctypes.POINTER(_cs_insn), ctypes.c_uint, ctypes.c_uint)
 _setup_prototype(_cs, "cs_errno", ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_size_t)
 _setup_prototype(_cs, "cs_option", ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_size_t, ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_size_t)
+_setup_prototype(_cs, "cs_version", None, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_int), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_int))
 
 
 # access to error code via @errno of CsError
@@ -184,6 +187,13 @@ class CsError(Exception):
         return messages[self.errno]
 
 
+def cs_version():
+    major = ctypes.c_int()
+    minor = ctypes.c_int()
+    _cs.cs_version(ctypes.byref(major), ctypes.byref(minor))
+    return (major.value, minor.value)
+
+
 # quick & dirty Python function to disasm raw binary code
 def cs_disasm_quick(arch, mode, code, offset, count = 0):
     csh = ctypes.c_size_t()