diff --git a/include/mpd/client.h b/include/mpd/client.h
index f14cecc..e12726e 100644
--- a/include/mpd/client.h
+++ b/include/mpd/client.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include "entity.h"
 #include "fingerprint.h"
 #include "idle.h"
+#include "libmympdclient_version.h"
 #include "list.h"
 #include "message.h"
 #include "mixer.h"
diff --git a/include/mpd/libmympdclient_version.h b/include/mpd/libmympdclient_version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf562ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/mpd/libmympdclient_version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ myMPD (c) 2018-2019 Juergen Mang <mail@jcgames.de>
+ https://github.com/jcorporation/libmpdclient
+*/
+
+/*! \file
+ * patched libmpdclient library for usage in myMPD
+ *
+ * Do not include this header directly.  Use mpd/client.h instead.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LIBMYMPDCLIENT_VERSION_H
+#define LIBMYMPDCLIENT_VERSION_H
+
+#define LIBMYMPDCLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION 1
+#define LIBMYMPDCLIENT_MINOR_VERSION 0
+#define LIBMYMPDCLIENT_PATCH_VERSION 5
+
+/**
+ * Preprocessor macro which allows you to check which version of
+ * libmpdclient you are compiling with.  It can be used in
+ * preprocessor directives.
+ *
+ * @return true if this libmympdclient version equals or is newer than
+ * the specified version number
+ */
+#define LIBMYMPDCLIENT_CHECK_VERSION(major, minor, patch) \
+	((major) < LIBMYMPDCLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION || \
+	 ((major) == LIBMYMPDCLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION && \
+	  ((minor) < LIBMYMPDCLIENT_MINOR_VERSION || \
+	   ((minor) == LIBMYMPDCLIENT_MINOR_VERSION && \
+	    (patch) <= LIBMYMPDCLIENT_PATCH_VERSION))))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6a311a1..2390f6d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ install_headers(
   'include/mpd/error.h',
   'include/mpd/fingerprint.h',
   'include/mpd/idle.h',
+  'include/mpd/libmympdclient_version.h',
   'include/mpd/list.h',
   'include/mpd/mixer.h',
   'include/mpd/mount.h',