diff --git a/doc/examples/F90GetVersionString.f90 b/doc/examples/F90GetVersionString.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90512621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/F90GetVersionString.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+PROGRAM example
+  INCLUDE "IPhreeqc.f90.inc"
+  CHARACTER(LEN=80) :: version
+
+  CALL GetVersionString(version)
+  WRITE(*,*) TRIM(version)
+END PROGRAM example
diff --git a/doc/examples/GetVersionString.c b/doc/examples/GetVersionString.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af7947cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/GetVersionString.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <IPhreeqc.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  printf("Version:\n");
+  printf("%s\n", GetVersionString());
+  
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/doc/examples/Makefile b/doc/examples/Makefile
index 839bf1f3..c188fd6d 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Makefile
+++ b/doc/examples/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ TARGETS = \
 	GetSelectedOutputString \
 	GetSelectedOutputValue \
 	GetSelectedOutputValue2 \
+	GetVersionString \
 	Multi \
 	SetBasicCallback \
 	IPhreeqc
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ F90_TARGETS = \
 	F90GetErrorStringLine \
 	F90GetLogStringLine \
 	F90GetOutputStringLine \
+	F90GetVersionString \
 	F90ClearAccumulatedLines \
 	F90GetSelectedOutputStringLine \
 	F90GetSelectedOutputValue \
@@ -72,6 +74,9 @@ GetSelectedOutputValue: GetSelectedOutputValue.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 GetSelectedOutputValue2: GetSelectedOutputValue2.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 
+GetVersionString: GetVersionString.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(IPHREEQC_LA)
+
 Multi: Multi.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 
@@ -113,6 +118,9 @@ F90GetSelectedOutputStringLine: F90GetSelectedOutputStringLine.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 F90GetSelectedOutputValue: F90GetSelectedOutputValue.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(IPHREEQC_LA) $(FCLIBS)
 
+F90GetVersionString: F90GetVersionString.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(IPHREEQC_LA) $(FCLIBS)
+
 F90SetBasicFortranCallback: F90SetBasicFortranCallback.lo $(IPHREEQC_LA)
 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(IPHREEQC_LA) $(FCLIBS)
 
@@ -146,6 +154,7 @@ LO_FILES = \
 	GetSelectedOutputString.lo \
 	GetSelectedOutputValue.lo \
 	GetSelectedOutputValue2.lo \
+	GetVersionString.lo \
 	Multi.lo \
 	SetBasicCallback.lo \
 	IPhreeqc.lo
@@ -163,6 +172,7 @@ F90_LO_FILES = \
 	F90GetOutputStringLine.lo \
 	F90GetSelectedOutputStringLine.lo \
 	F90GetSelectedOutputValue.lo \
+	F90GetVersionString.lo \
 	F90SetBasicFortranCallback.lo