diff --git a/hsl_subset/meson.build b/hsl_subset/meson.build
index 7dfa7ea..72776cd 100644
--- a/hsl_subset/meson.build
+++ b/hsl_subset/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
   'hsl_subset',
   'c',
   'fortran',
-  version: '4.0.7',
+  version: '4.0.8',
   default_options: [
     'buildtype=release',
     'libdir=lib',
diff --git a/libhsl/libhsl.c b/libhsl/libhsl.c
index c2f82e2..924f904 100644
--- a/libhsl/libhsl.c
+++ b/libhsl/libhsl.c
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
 bool LIBHSL_isfunctional(){
   return false;
 }
+
+void LIBHSL_version(int *major, int *minor, int *patch){
+    *major = LIBHSL_VER_MAJOR;
+    *minor = LIBHSL_VER_MINOR;
+    *patch = LIBHSL_VER_PATCH;
+}
diff --git a/libhsl/libhsl.h b/libhsl/libhsl.h
index 1478297..6a289ef 100644
--- a/libhsl/libhsl.h
+++ b/libhsl/libhsl.h
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #ifndef _LIBHSL_H_
-#define _LIBHSL_H_ 
+#define _LIBHSL_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 bool LIBHSL_isfunctional();
 
+/* Version number of LIBHSL */
+#define LIBHSL_VER_MAJOR 4
+#define LIBHSL_VER_MINOR 0
+#define LIBHSL_VER_PATCH 8
+void LIBHSL_version(int *major, int *minor, int *patch);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif  /* _LIBHSL_H_ */
diff --git a/libhsl/meson.build b/libhsl/meson.build
index 1e698ad..48f12f9 100644
--- a/libhsl/meson.build
+++ b/libhsl/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
   'libHSL',
   'c',
   'fortran',
-  version: '4.0.7',
+  version: '4.0.8',
   default_options: [
     'buildtype=release',
     'libdir=lib',