diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/IL.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/IL.java
index 1cffd24b..3425c4d0 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/IL.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/IL.java
@@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ public class IL {
 	public static final int		IL_SEEK_CUR									= 1;
 	public static final int		IL_SEEK_END									= 2;
 	public static final int		IL_EOF											= -1;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Return the version of the core LWJGL libraries as a String.
+	 */
+	public static String getVersion() {
+		return ILNative.VERSION;
+	}	
 
 	public static native boolean ilActiveImage(int Number);
 	public static native boolean ilActiveLayer(int Number);
diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/ILNative.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/ILNative.java
index 1830fa56..a45bcc0c 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/ILNative.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/devil/ILNative.java
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ class ILNative {
 	private static String JNI_LIBRARY_NAME = "lwjgl-devil";
 
 	/** Version of IL */
-	public static final String VERSION = "1.0beta4";
+	static final String VERSION = "1.0beta4";
 	
 	/** Current version of the JNI library */
-	static final int JNI_VERSION = 1;	
+	static final int JNI_VERSION = 2;	
 
 	private static void loadLibrary(final String lib_name) {
 		AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction() {
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ class ILNative {
 		}		
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Return the version of the DevIL-lwjgl binding as a String.
+	 */
+	public static String getVersion() {
+		return VERSION;
+	}	
+	
 	// IL
 	// ===========================================================
 	static native void initNativeStubsIL(Class clazz) throws LWJGLException;