--- include/llvm-c/Core.h	(revision 132133)
+++ include/llvm-c/Core.h	(working copy)
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@
 void LLVMDisposeMessage(char *Message);
 
 
+/*===-- Version -----------------------------------------------------------===*/
+
+const char* LLVMGetVersion(int ShowRepositoryRevision);
+
+
 /*===-- Contexts ----------------------------------------------------------===*/
 
 /* Create and destroy contexts. */
--- lib/VMCore/Core.cpp	(revision 132133)
+++ lib/VMCore/Core.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -53,7 +53,16 @@
   free(Message);
 }
 
+/*===-- Version -----------------------------------------------------------===*/
 
+const char * LLVMGetVersion(int ShowRepositoryRevision) {
+  if (ShowRepositoryRevision) {
+    return REPOSITORY_REVISION;
+  } else {
+    return PACKAGE_VERSION;
+  }
+}
+
 /*===-- Operations on contexts --------------------------------------------===*/
 
 LLVMContextRef LLVMContextCreate() {
--- lib/VMCore/Makefile	(revision 132133)
+++ lib/VMCore/Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 INTRINSICTD  := $(PROJ_SRC_ROOT)/include/llvm/Intrinsics.td
 INTRINSICTDS := $(wildcard $(PROJ_SRC_ROOT)/include/llvm/Intrinsics*.td)
+SVNVERSION   := $(shell cd $(PROJ_SRC_ROOT) && (LC_ALL=C svnversion -cn . 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/.*://" -e "s/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/" | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C git svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || echo unknown))
+CPPFLAGS     += -DREPOSITORY_REVISION="\"$(SVNVERSION)\""
 
 $(ObjDir)/Intrinsics.gen.tmp: $(ObjDir)/.dir $(INTRINSICTDS) $(TBLGEN)
 	$(Echo) Building Intrinsics.gen.tmp from Intrinsics.td