diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
index c927bb15..a83914d2 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
@@ -959,6 +959,10 @@ public class Sigar implements SigarProxy {
      */
     public native String getFQDN() throws SigarException;
 
+    public SigarVersion getSigarVersion() {
+        return new SigarVersion();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enabling logging in the native Sigar code.
      * This method will hook log4j into the Sigar
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java
index 5f4ea007..ae23a915 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java
@@ -172,5 +172,7 @@ public interface SigarProxy {
 
     public NetInfo getNetInfo() throws SigarException;
 
+    public SigarVersion getSigarVersion();
+
     public String getFQDN() throws SigarException;
 }