diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bddc9553..3d2a454e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 set(CMAKE_C_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
-set(OQS_VERSION_TEXT "0.11.1-dev")
+set(OQS_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
+set(OQS_VERSION_MINOR 11)
+set(OQS_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(OQS_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE "-dev")
+set(OQS_VERSION_TEXT "${OQS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OQS_VERSION_MINOR}.${OQS_VERSION_PATCH}${OQS_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE}")
 set(OQS_COMPILE_BUILD_TARGET "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}-${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM}")
 set(OQS_MINIMAL_GCC_VERSION "7.1.0")
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
diff --git a/src/oqsconfig.h.cmake b/src/oqsconfig.h.cmake
index dae1babad..7975a5c4a 100644
--- a/src/oqsconfig.h.cmake
+++ b/src/oqsconfig.h.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+/** 
+ * Version of liboqs as a string. Equivalent to {MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}{PRE_RELEASE} 
+ */
 #cmakedefine OQS_VERSION_TEXT "@OQS_VERSION_TEXT@"
+/** 
+ * Version levels of liboqs as integers.
+ */
+#define OQS_VERSION_MAJOR @OQS_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define OQS_VERSION_MINOR @OQS_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define OQS_VERSION_PATCH @OQS_VERSION_PATCH@
+/** 
+ * OQS_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE is defined if this is a pre-release version of liboqs, otherwise it is undefined.
+ * Examples: "-dev" or "-rc1".
+ */
+#cmakedefine OQS_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE "@OQS_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE@"
+
 #cmakedefine OQS_COMPILE_BUILD_TARGET "@OQS_COMPILE_BUILD_TARGET@"
 #cmakedefine OQS_DIST_BUILD 1
 #cmakedefine OQS_DIST_X86_64_BUILD 1
diff --git a/tests/system_info.c b/tests/system_info.c
index 248d377cd..37689dc20 100644
--- a/tests/system_info.c
+++ b/tests/system_info.c
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ static void print_oqs_configuration(void) {
 	 * USE_SANITIZER: -fsanitize= option present in compile options
 	 * OQS_ENABLE_TEST_CONSTANT_TIME: only shown below
 	 */
-	printf("OQS version:      %s\n", OQS_VERSION_TEXT);
+#if defined(OQS_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE)
+	printf("OQS version:      %s (major: %d, minor: %d, patch: %d, pre-release: %s)\n", OQS_VERSION_TEXT, OQS_VERSION_MAJOR, OQS_VERSION_MINOR, OQS_VERSION_PATCH, OQS_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE);
+#else
+	printf("OQS version:      %s (major: %d, minor: %d, patch: %d)\n", OQS_VERSION_TEXT, OQS_VERSION_MAJOR, OQS_VERSION_MINOR, OQS_VERSION_PATCH);
+#endif
 #if defined(OQS_COMPILE_GIT_COMMIT)
 	printf("Git commit:       %s\n", OQS_COMPILE_GIT_COMMIT);
 #endif