diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b1108de..be596822 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Misc
+#### Added
+- Added a function to get the version of BDK at runtime
+
 ## [v0.3.0] - [v0.2.0]
 
 ### Descriptor
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1712296e..c3ac1ac0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -265,3 +265,8 @@ pub use wallet::address_validator;
 pub use wallet::signer;
 pub use wallet::tx_builder::TxBuilder;
 pub use wallet::Wallet;
+
+/// Get the version of BDK at runtime
+pub fn version() -> &'static str {
+    env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION", "unknown")
+}