diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 01a3900f..c72b2cea 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ OPENSEADRAGON CHANGELOG
     * Viewer.innerTracker.scrollHandler: preventDefaultAction == true prevents viewer zooming on mousewheel/pinch
 * Fixed: IE8 error with custom buttons - "Object doesn't support this action" (#279)
 * Support IIIF servers that don't report tile dimensions (#286)
+* Added a static 'version' property to OpenSeadragon. Useful for plugins that require specific OpenSeadragon versions.
 
 0.9.131:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63c432b9..9c53ceb0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "OpenSeadragon",
-  "version": "0.9.131",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "Provides a smooth, zoomable user interface for HTML/Javascript.",
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt": "~0.4.1",
diff --git a/src/openseadragon.js b/src/openseadragon.js
index 4a1fb29d..efae6051 100644
--- a/src/openseadragon.js
+++ b/src/openseadragon.js
@@ -277,6 +277,30 @@ window.OpenSeadragon = window.OpenSeadragon || function( options ){
 (function( $ ){
 
 
+    /**
+     * The OpenSeadragon version.
+     *
+     * @member {Object} version
+     * @memberof OpenSeadragon
+     * @property {String} versionStr - The version number as a string ('major.minor.revision').
+     * @property {Number} major - The major version number.
+     * @property {Number} minor - The minor version number.
+     * @property {Number} revision - The revision number.
+     */
+    $.version = (function () {
+        // The version string ('x.x.x') is filled in by the grunt concat build task
+        //    from the 'version' value in package.json
+        var versionStr = '<%= pkg.version %>',
+            versionComponents = versionStr.split( '.' );
+        return {
+            versionStr: versionStr,
+            major: parseInt( versionComponents[ 0 ] ),
+            minor: parseInt( versionComponents[ 1 ] ),
+            revision: parseInt( versionComponents[ 2 ] )
+        };
+    }());
+
+
     /**
      * Taken from jquery 1.6.1
      * [[Class]] -> type pairs