diff --git a/lib/ffi/ffi.rb b/lib/ffi/ffi.rb
index 7d9cc2d0f..5201dae81 100644
--- a/lib/ffi/ffi.rb
+++ b/lib/ffi/ffi.rb
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@
 require 'ffi/autopointer'
 require 'ffi/variadic'
 require 'ffi/enum'
+require 'ffi/version'
diff --git a/spec/ffi/ffi_spec.rb b/spec/ffi/ffi_spec.rb
index bb93f3765..1ff504575 100644
--- a/spec/ffi/ffi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ffi/ffi_spec.rb
@@ -25,4 +25,10 @@
     end
 
   end
+
+  describe "VERSION" do
+    it "should be kind of version" do
+      expect( FFI::VERSION ).to match(/^\d+\.\d+.\d+$/)
+    end
+  end
 end