diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java
index 84a3eba9..da456d3a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class FMOD {
 	private static String JNI_LIBRARY_NAME = "lwjgl-fmod3";
 
 	/** Version of FMOD */
-	public static final String VERSION = "1.0beta4";
+	private static final String VERSION = "1.0beta4";
 	
 	/** Current version of the JNI library */
 	static final int JNI_VERSION = 1;	
@@ -240,6 +240,13 @@ public class FMOD {
 				return null;
 			}
 		});
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Return the version of the core LWJGL libraries as a String.
+	 */
+	public static String getVersion() {
+		return VERSION;
 	}	
 
 	/**