diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e478e8c3365b2a9ea58beeaf618f2c00f0b256d4..401d0d66de37c1e6bbcbe1aad6c0625848578f61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ v 8.13.0 (unreleased)
   - Cache rendered markdown in the database, rather than Redis
   - Avoid database queries on Banzai::ReferenceParser::BaseParser for nodes without references
   - Simplify Mentionable concern instance methods
+  - API: Ability to retrieve version information (Robert Schilling)
   - Fix permission for setting an issue's due date
   - API: Multi-file commit !6096 (mahcsig)
   - Revert "Label list shows all issues (opened or closed) with that label"
diff --git a/doc/api/README.md b/doc/api/README.md
index 9e907689c804284f3e97787548d4648baad0818e..75b098f2eebbf2352d461339fdb6912a0d4b6c0e 100644
--- a/doc/api/README.md
+++ b/doc/api/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ following locations:
 - [Todos](todos.md)
 - [Users](users.md)
 - [Validate CI configuration](ci/lint.md)
+- [Version](version.md)
 
 ### Internal CI API
 
diff --git a/doc/api/version.md b/doc/api/version.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..287d17cf97f841bfdec210a1f1382867a72c040f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/version.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Version API
+
+>**Note:** This feature was introduced in GitLab 8.13
+
+Retrieve version information for this GitLab instance. Responds `200 OK` for
+authenticated users.
+
+```
+GET /version
+```
+
+```bash
+curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/version
+```
+
+Example response:
+
+```json
+{
+  "version": "8.13.0-pre",
+  "revision": "4e963fe"
+}
+```
diff --git a/lib/api/api.rb b/lib/api/api.rb
index 99722a0a65cf5e6968bdea13d8279020b61cc872..eb4e1fc504f2b8b392b917da9ad7aac8fe3f85c5 100644
--- a/lib/api/api.rb
+++ b/lib/api/api.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ module API
     mount ::API::Triggers
     mount ::API::Users
     mount ::API::Variables
+    mount ::API::Version
 
     route :any, '*path' do
       error!('404 Not Found', 404)
diff --git a/lib/api/version.rb b/lib/api/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9ba576bd8286cc8b9e61b54dd4b7b7b49eb52c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module API
+  class Version < Grape::API
+    before { authenticate! }
+
+    desc 'Get the version information of the GitLab instance.' do
+      detail 'This feature was introduced in GitLab 8.13.'
+    end
+    get '/version' do
+      { version: Gitlab::VERSION, revision: Gitlab::REVISION }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/version_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/version_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..54b69a0cae79edc0e21bff64704cf892e6eb0066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/api/version_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe API::API, api: true do
+  include ApiHelpers
+
+  describe 'GET /version' do
+    context 'when unauthenticated' do
+      it 'returns authentication error' do
+        get api('/version')
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(401)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when authenticated' do
+      let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+      it 'returns the version information' do
+        get api('/version', user)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(json_response['version']).to eq(Gitlab::VERSION)
+        expect(json_response['revision']).to eq(Gitlab::REVISION)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end