diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h b/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h
index 44a59e70139e..4d9f76618ec0 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/media_device.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
 	const std::string driver() const { return driver_; }
 	const std::string deviceNode() const { return deviceNode_; }
 	const std::string model() const { return model_; }
+	unsigned int version() const { return version_; }
 
 	const std::vector<MediaEntity *> &entities() const { return entities_; }
 	MediaEntity *getEntityByName(const std::string &name) const;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp b/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp
index 0d6b5efd9e7a..d4e7e1002224 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/media_device.cpp
@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ done:
  * \return The MediaDevice model name
  */
 
+/**
+ * \fn MediaDevice::version()
+ * \brief Retrieve the media device API version
+ *
+ * The version is formatted with the KERNEL_VERSION() macro.
+ *
+ * \return The MediaDevice API version
+ */
+
 /**
  * \fn MediaDevice::entities()
  * \brief Retrieve the list of entities in the media graph