diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b767456a1..9b705a868 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ spdk_env_fini() and spdk_env_dpdk_post_fini() were added to release any resource
 allocated by spdk_env_init() or spdk_env_dpdk_post_init() respectively. It is expected
 that common usage of those functions is to call them just before terminating the process.
 
+### rpc
+
+New `get_spdk_version` RPC method is introduced to get version info of the running SPDK application.
+
 ## v19.01:
 
 ### ocf bdev
diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 725780bde..26c61f288 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -5074,3 +5074,43 @@ Example response:
 
 }
 ~~~
+
+## get_spdk_version {#rpc_get_spdk_version}
+
+Get the version info of the running SPDK application.
+
+### Parameters
+
+This method has no parameters.
+
+### Response
+
+The response is the version number including major version number, minor version number, patch level number and suffix string.
+
+### Example
+
+Example request:
+~~
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "method": "get_spdk_version"
+}
+~~
+
+Example response:
+~~
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "result":  {
+    "version": "19.04-pre",
+    "fields" : {
+      "major": 19,
+      "minor": 4,
+      "patch": 0,
+      "suffix": "-pre"
+    }
+  }
+}
+~~
diff --git a/lib/rpc/rpc.c b/lib/rpc/rpc.c
index ea8175df0..15beac286 100644
--- a/lib/rpc/rpc.c
+++ b/lib/rpc/rpc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "spdk/log.h"
 #include "spdk/string.h"
 #include "spdk/util.h"
+#include "spdk/version.h"
 
 #define RPC_DEFAULT_PORT	"5260"
 
@@ -309,3 +310,38 @@ spdk_rpc_get_rpc_methods(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
 }
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("get_rpc_methods", spdk_rpc_get_rpc_methods, SPDK_RPC_STARTUP | SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+
+static void
+spdk_rpc_get_version(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request, const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+{
+	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
+
+	if (params != NULL) {
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
+						 "get_spdk_version method requires no parameters");
+	}
+
+	w = spdk_jsonrpc_begin_result(request);
+	if (w == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
+
+	spdk_json_write_named_string_fmt(w, "version", "%s", SPDK_VERSION_STRING);
+
+	spdk_json_write_named_object_begin(w, "fields");
+	spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "major", SPDK_VERSION_MAJOR);
+	spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "minor", SPDK_VERSION_MINOR);
+
+	spdk_json_write_named_uint32(w, "patch", SPDK_VERSION_PATCH);
+
+	spdk_json_write_named_string_fmt(w, "suffix", "%s", SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX);
+
+	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+
+	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+
+	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
+}
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("get_spdk_version", spdk_rpc_get_version, SPDK_RPC_STARTUP | SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index ac1035239..8f1d678d3 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     p.add_argument('-c', '--current', help='Get list of RPC methods only callable in the current state.', action='store_true')
     p.set_defaults(func=get_rpc_methods)
 
+    def get_spdk_version(args):
+        print(rpc.get_spdk_version(args.client))
+
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('get_spdk_version', help='Get SPDK version')
+    p.set_defaults(func=get_spdk_version)
+
     def save_config(args):
         rpc.save_config(args.client,
                         sys.stdout,
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/__init__.py b/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
index f7e92f707..3b65af317 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ def get_rpc_methods(client, current=None):
     return client.call('get_rpc_methods', params)
 
 
+def get_spdk_version(client):
+    """Get SPDK version"""
+    return client.call('get_spdk_version')
+
+
 def _json_dump(config, fd, indent):
     if indent is None:
         indent = 2