diff --git a/cmake/modules/SRSLTEVersion.cmake b/cmake/modules/SRSLTEVersion.cmake
index 6a26644d2..86d6cbd8f 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/SRSLTEVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/SRSLTEVersion.cmake
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 SET(SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR 001)
 SET(SRSLTE_VERSION_MINOR 000)
 SET(SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH 000)
-SET(SRSLTE_VERSION "${SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SRSLTE_VERSION_MINOR}.${SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH}")
+SET(SRSLTE_VERSION_STRING "${SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${SRSLTE_VERSION_MINOR}.${SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in b/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in
index 770569bcf..66174eee9 100644
--- a/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in
+++ b/srslte/include/srslte/version.h.in
@@ -32,7 +32,20 @@
 #define SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR @SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR@
 #define SRSLTE_VERSION_MINOR @SRSLTE_VERSION_MINOR@
 #define SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH @SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH@
-#define SRSLTE_VERSION @SRSLTE_VERSION@
+#define SRSLTE_VERSION_STRING @SRSLTE_VERSION_STRING@
+
+#define SRSLTE_VERSION_ENCODE(major, minor, patch) ( \
+    ((major) * 10000)                                \
+  + ((minor) *   100)                                \
+  + ((patch) *     1))
+
+#define SRSLTE_VERSION SRSLTE_VERSION_ENCODE( \
+  SRSLTE_VERSION_MAJOR,                       \
+  SRSLTE_VERSION_MINOR,                       \
+  SRSLTE_VERSION_PATCH)
+
+#define SRSLTE_VERSION_CHECK(major,minor,patch)    \
+  (SRSLTE_VERSION >= SRSLTE_VERSION_ENCODE(major,minor,patch))
 
 #include "srslte/config.h"