diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1496b7a..43e1d98 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ sqlite-vec.h: sqlite-vec.h.tmpl VERSION
 	VERSION=$(shell cat VERSION) \
 	DATE=$(shell date -r VERSION +'%FT%TZ%z') \
 	SOURCE=$(shell git log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H -- VERSION) \
+	VERSION_MAJOR=$$(echo $$VERSION | cut -d. -f1) \
+	VERSION_MINOR=$$(echo $$VERSION | cut -d. -f2) \
+	VERSION_PATCH=$$(echo $$VERSION | cut -d. -f3 | cut -d- -f1) \
 	envsubst < $< > $@
 
 clean:
diff --git a/sqlite-vec.h.tmpl b/sqlite-vec.h.tmpl
index 68ecfd5..b4f4411 100644
--- a/sqlite-vec.h.tmpl
+++ b/sqlite-vec.h.tmpl
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 #define SQLITE_VEC_DATE "${DATE}"
 #define SQLITE_VEC_SOURCE "${SOURCE}"
 
+
+#define SQLITE_VEC_VERSION_MAJOR ${VERSION_MAJOR}
+#define SQLITE_VEC_VERSION_MINOR ${VERSION_MINOR}
+#define SQLITE_VEC_VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_PATCH}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif