diff --git a/fluidsynth/AUTHORS b/fluidsynth/AUTHORS
index bfebc9a0..711cec92 100644
--- a/fluidsynth/AUTHORS
+++ b/fluidsynth/AUTHORS
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ author. Below you'll find a summery of contributions.
   archives (http://www.smartelectronix.com/musicdsp). They were
   written by Joshua Scholar and others.  file: iiwu_synth.c
 
-* Bug fixes where sent in by: Werner Schweer, Josh Green, Anthony
+* Bug fixes where sent in by: Werner Schweer, Dave Philips, Anthony
   Green, Jake Commander, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano, and Raoul
   Bonisch.
 
diff --git a/fluidsynth/doc/fluidsynth.1 b/fluidsynth/doc/fluidsynth.1
index 6abec783..258f78c6 100644
--- a/fluidsynth/doc/fluidsynth.1
+++ b/fluidsynth/doc/fluidsynth.1
@@ -266,5 +266,5 @@ Josh Green <jgreen@users.sourceforge.net>
 Stephane Letz <letz@grame.fr>
 
 Please check the AUTHORS and THANKS files for all credits
-.SH TRADEMARKS
+.SH DISCLAIMER
 SoundFont(R) is a registered trademark of E-mu Systems, Inc. 
diff --git a/fluidsynth/include/fluidsynth/version.h.in b/fluidsynth/include/fluidsynth/version.h.in
index 260d9452..e7770c87 100644
--- a/fluidsynth/include/fluidsynth/version.h.in
+++ b/fluidsynth/include/fluidsynth/version.h.in
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ extern "C" {
 #define FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MINOR @FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MINOR@
 #define FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MICRO @FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MICRO@
 
+
+FLUIDSYNTH_API void fluid_version(int *major, int *minor, int *micro);
+
+FLUIDSYNTH_API char* fluid_version_str(void);
+
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/fluidsynth/src/fluid_synth.c b/fluidsynth/src/fluid_synth.c
index 8b7cd9e9..04510d41 100644
--- a/fluidsynth/src/fluid_synth.c
+++ b/fluidsynth/src/fluid_synth.c
@@ -107,6 +107,25 @@ void fluid_synth_settings(fluid_settings_t* settings)
 			     0, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+/*
+ * fluid_version
+ */
+void fluid_version(int *major, int *minor, int *micro)
+{
+  *major = FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MAJOR;
+  *minor = FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MINOR;
+  *micro = FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION_MICRO;
+}
+
+/*
+ * fluid_version_str
+ */
+char* fluid_version_str(void)
+{
+  return FLUIDSYNTH_VERSION;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * void fluid_synth_init
  *