diff --git a/source/firmware/kernel/interface/kernel.h b/source/firmware/kernel/interface/kernel.h
index b9d4520..b72e338 100644
--- a/source/firmware/kernel/interface/kernel.h
+++ b/source/firmware/kernel/interface/kernel.h
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ struct thread_context {
 	struct queue_node sem_queue_node;
 };
 
+struct kernel_version {
+	unsigned int kernel_version;
+	unsigned int major_version;
+	unsigned int minor_version;
+	unsigned int build_number;
+};
+
+int get_kernel_version(struct kernel_version *version);
+
 struct thread_context *thread_create(
 		struct thread_context *thread,
 		stack_t *stack,
@@ -45,6 +54,7 @@ struct thread_context *thread_create(
 		void *arg,
 		enum thread_priority priority);
 
+
 void thread_exit(void);
 void sleep_ms(unsigned int ms);
 
diff --git a/source/firmware/kernel/version.c b/source/firmware/kernel/version.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1de183e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/firmware/kernel/version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * version.c
+ *
+ *  Created on: Aug 12, 2016
+ *      Author: tkl
+ */
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "queue.h"
+#include "stack.h"
+#include "version.h"
+#include "kernel.h"
+
+int get_kernel_version(struct kernel_version *version)
+{
+	if(NULL == version)
+		return -1;
+	if(strcmp(KERNEL_VERSION, "unknown"))
+		return -1;
+	if(strcmp(MAJOR_VERSION, "unknown"))
+		return -1;
+	if(strcmp(MINOR_VERSION, "unknown"))
+		return -1;
+	if(strcmp(BUILD_NUMBER, "unknown"))
+		return -1;
+	version->kernel_version = (unsigned int)atoi(KERNEL_VERSION);
+	version->major_version = (unsigned int)atoi(MAJOR_VERSION);
+	version->minor_version = (unsigned int)atoi(MINOR_VERSION);
+	version->build_number = (unsigned int)atoi(BUILD_NUMBER);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+