diff --git a/src/Driver.php b/src/Driver.php
index 79dacac..140da33 100644
--- a/src/Driver.php
+++ b/src/Driver.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\FontProcessorInterface;
 use Intervention\Image\MediaType;
 use Jcupitt\Vips\BandFormat;
+use Jcupitt\Vips\Config as VipsConfig;
 use Jcupitt\Vips\Exception as VipsException;
 use Jcupitt\Vips\Extend;
 use Jcupitt\Vips\Image as VipsImage;
@@ -195,4 +196,14 @@ public function checkHealth(): void
             throw new DriverException("zend.max_allowed_stack_size not set to '-1'");
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Return version of libvips library
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function version(): string
+    {
+        return VipsConfig::version();
+    }
 }