diff --git a/src/ewatercycle/util.py b/src/ewatercycle/util.py
index 3f20f972..49e1fd0c 100644
--- a/src/ewatercycle/util.py
+++ b/src/ewatercycle/util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 from datetime import datetime
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points, version
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -329,3 +330,25 @@ class CaseConfigParser(ConfigParser):
     def optionxform(self, optionstr):
         """Do not convert option names to lowercase."""
         return optionstr
+
+
+def extract_package_name(value: str) -> str:
+    """Extract package name from entry point value.
+
+    E.g. "ewatercycle_HBV.model:HBV" will return
+    "ewatercycle_HBV".
+    """
+    source = value.split(":")[0]
+    return source.split(".")[0]
+
+
+def get_package_versions() -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Get the version numbers of the ewatercycle package and its plugins."""
+    eps = [ep for ep in entry_points() if "ewatercycle" in ep.group]
+    packages = {extract_package_name(ep.value) for ep in eps}
+
+    package_versions = {}
+    package_versions["ewatercycle"] = version("ewatercycle")
+    package_versions["grpc4bmi"] = version("grpc4bmi")
+    package_versions.update({pkg: version(pkg) for pkg in packages})
+    return package_versions
diff --git a/tests/src/test_util.py b/tests/src/test_util.py
index 3f0c3d14..3e05a9a6 100644
--- a/tests/src/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/src/test_util.py
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 import xarray as xr
 from numpy.testing import assert_array_equal
 
+import ewatercycle
 from ewatercycle.util import (
     find_closest_point,
     fit_extents_to_grid,
+    get_package_versions,
     get_time,
     merge_esvmaltool_datasets,
     reindex,
@@ -250,3 +252,9 @@ def test_merge_datasets_multivar(esmvaltool_output):
             esmvaltool_output[i]["second_var"] = esmvaltool_output[i]["tas"] + 1
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="More than one variable found in dataset"):
         merge_esvmaltool_datasets(esmvaltool_output)
+
+
+def test_version_getter():
+    versions = get_package_versions()
+    assert versions["ewatercycle"] == ewatercycle.__version__
+    assert "grpc4bmi" in versions