diff -up vdr-2.0.3/tools.c.orig vdr-2.0.3/tools.c
--- vdr-2.0.3/tools.c.orig	2012-12-08 13:16:30.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-2.0.3/tools.c	2013-10-14 23:11:42.966024160 +0300
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <utime.h>
 #include "i18n.h"
 #include "thread.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 int SysLogLevel = 3;
 
@@ -633,6 +634,11 @@ off_t FileSize(const char *FileName)
   return -1;
 }
 
+const char *VdrVersion(void)
+{
+	return VDRVERSION;
+}	 
+
 // --- cTimeMs ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 cTimeMs::cTimeMs(int Ms)
diff -up vdr-2.0.3/tools.h.orig vdr-2.0.3/tools.h
--- vdr-2.0.3/tools.h.orig	2013-02-17 15:18:06.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-2.0.3/tools.h	2013-10-14 23:11:42.966024160 +0300
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ bool SpinUpDisk(const char *FileName);
 void TouchFile(const char *FileName);
 time_t LastModifiedTime(const char *FileName);
 off_t FileSize(const char *FileName); ///< returns the size of the given file, or -1 in case of an error (e.g. if the file doesn't exist)
+const char *VdrVersion(void);
 cString WeekDayName(int WeekDay);
     ///< Converts the given WeekDay (0=Sunday, 1=Monday, ...) to a three letter
     ///< day name.