diff --git a/datadog_checks_base/changelog.d/24905.added b/datadog_checks_base/changelog.d/24905.added
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..28afc86815a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datadog_checks_base/changelog.d/24905.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Implement the ``agent_version`` property on the ``DatabaseCheck`` base class.
diff --git a/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/checks/db.py b/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/checks/db.py
index d604bbfba8212..40464d905fe76 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/checks/db.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/base/checks/db.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class DatabaseCheck(AgentCheck):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._agent_hostname = None
+        self._agent_version = None
         self._database_identifier = None
         self._dbms_fallback_warning_logged = False
         self.tag_manager = TagManager()
@@ -165,6 +166,12 @@ def agent_hostname(self) -> str:
             self._agent_hostname = datadog_agent.get_hostname()
         return self._agent_hostname
 
+    @property
+    def agent_version(self) -> str:
+        if self._agent_version is None:
+            self._agent_version = datadog_agent.get_version()
+        return self._agent_version
+
     @property
     def dbms(self) -> str:
         """
diff --git a/datadog_checks_base/tests/base/checks/test_database_check.py b/datadog_checks_base/tests/base/checks/test_database_check.py
index 8e142f2819409..69fa217878725 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_base/tests/base/checks/test_database_check.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_base/tests/base/checks/test_database_check.py
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ def test_agent_hostname_resolves_once_and_caches():
         assert get_hostname.call_count == 1
 
 
+def test_agent_version_resolves_once_and_caches():
+    check = FakeDatabaseCheck("test", {}, [{}])
+    # The version comes from an FFI call, so it should only be resolved once and cached.
+    with mock.patch.object(datadog_agent, "get_version", return_value="7.70.0") as get_version:
+        assert check.agent_version == "7.70.0"
+        assert check.agent_version == "7.70.0"
+        assert get_version.call_count == 1
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("tags", "template", "connection_params", "expected"),
     [