diff --git a/include/rocksdb/db.h b/include/rocksdb/db.h
index 4a90d2e82..15955cc49 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/db.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/db.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include "rocksdb/version.h"
 #include "rocksdb/iterator.h"
 #include "rocksdb/options.h"
 #include "rocksdb/types.h"
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/version.h b/include/rocksdb/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e71bad90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/rocksdb/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#define __ROCKSDB_MAJOR__ 3
+#define __ROCKSDB_MINOR__ 0
+#define __ROCKSDB_PATCH__ 0