2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/scala/chisel3/Driver.scala b/src/main/scala/chisel3/Driver.scala
index 5e0a3a0f..2216bbbd 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/chisel3/Driver.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/chisel3/Driver.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.io._
 
 import internal._
 import internal.firrtl._
+import BuildInfo._
 
 trait BackendCompilationUtilities {
   /** Create a temporary directory with the prefix name. Exists here because it doesn't in Java 6.
@@ -132,4 +133,7 @@ object Driver extends BackendCompilationUtilities {
   }
 
   def targetDir(): String = { target_dir getOrElse new File(".").getCanonicalPath }
+
+  val version = BuildInfo.version
+  val chiselVersionString = BuildInfo.toString
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/chiselTests/BuildInfoTests.scala b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/BuildInfoTests.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21eae17c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/BuildInfoTests.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package chiselTests
+
+import org.scalatest.FlatSpec
+
+//import Chisel._
+
+class BuildInfoTests extends FlatSpec {
+  behavior of "BuildInfoTests"
+
+  it should "provide correct BuildInfo" in {
+    println(Chisel.Driver.chiselVersionString)
+  }
+}