diff --git a/iceoryx2-cxx/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx2-cxx/CMakeLists.txt
index 903a267bca..99396c96b5 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-cxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx2-cxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ add_library(iceoryx2-cxx-object-lib OBJECT
     src/static_config_request_response.cpp
     src/subscriber_details.cpp
     src/unique_port_id.cpp
+    src/version.cpp
     src/waitset.cpp
     src/writer_details.cpp
 )
diff --git a/iceoryx2-cxx/include/iox2/version.hpp b/iceoryx2-cxx/include/iox2/version.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64805f5c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iceoryx2-cxx/include/iox2/version.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+//
+// See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+// information regarding copyright ownership.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0, or the MIT license
+// which is available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+#ifndef IOX2_VERSION_HPP
+#define IOX2_VERSION_HPP
+
+#include "iox2/internal/iceoryx2.hpp"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+namespace iox2 {
+
+/// Version number.
+struct PackageVersion {
+    std::uint16_t major;
+    std::uint16_t minor;
+    std::uint16_t patch;
+};
+
+/// Returns the crates version acquired through the internal environment variables set by cargo,
+/// ("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_{MAJOR|MINOR|PATCH}").
+PackageVersion package_version();
+
+auto operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const PackageVersion& version) -> std::ostream&;
+auto operator==(const PackageVersion& lhs, const PackageVersion& rhs) -> bool;
+auto operator<(const PackageVersion& lhs, const PackageVersion& rhs) -> bool;
+
+} // namespace iox2
+
+#endif
diff --git a/iceoryx2-cxx/src/version.cpp b/iceoryx2-cxx/src/version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b961e728b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iceoryx2-cxx/src/version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+//
+// See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+// information regarding copyright ownership.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0, or the MIT license
+// which is available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+#include "iox2/version.hpp"
+
+#include <ostream>
+
+namespace iox2 {
+
+PackageVersion package_version() {
+    iox2_package_version_t const v = iox2_package_version();
+    return PackageVersion { v.major, v.minor, v.patch };
+}
+
+auto operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const PackageVersion& version) -> std::ostream& {
+    return stream << version.major << '.' << version.minor << '.' << version.patch;
+}
+
+auto operator==(const PackageVersion& lhs, const PackageVersion& rhs) -> bool {
+    return lhs.major == rhs.major && lhs.minor == rhs.minor && lhs.patch == rhs.patch;
+}
+
+auto operator<(const PackageVersion& lhs, const PackageVersion& rhs) -> bool {
+    if (lhs.major != rhs.major) {
+        return lhs.major < rhs.major;
+    } else if (lhs.minor != rhs.minor) {
+        return lhs.minor < rhs.minor;
+    } else {
+        return lhs.patch < rhs.patch;
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace iox2
diff --git a/iceoryx2-cxx/tests/src/version_tests.cpp b/iceoryx2-cxx/tests/src/version_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47bda4cb75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iceoryx2-cxx/tests/src/version_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+//
+// See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+// information regarding copyright ownership.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0, or the MIT license
+// which is available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+#include "iox2/version.hpp"
+#include "test.hpp"
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace {
+using namespace iox2;
+
+TEST(VersionTest, version_obtains_version_number) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(package_version().major, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(package_version().minor, 8);
+    ASSERT_EQ(package_version().patch, 999);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, version_numbers_compare_equal_if_all_components_are_equal) {
+    PackageVersion sut1;
+    sut1.major = 1;
+    sut1.minor = 2;
+    sut1.patch = 3;
+    PackageVersion sut2;
+    sut2.major = 1;
+    sut2.minor = 2;
+    sut2.patch = 3;
+    EXPECT_EQ(sut1, sut1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(sut1, sut2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(sut2, sut1);
+    sut1.major = 25;
+    sut1.minor = 22;
+    sut1.patch = 0;
+    sut2.major = 25;
+    sut2.minor = 22;
+    sut2.patch = 0;
+    EXPECT_EQ(sut1, sut1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(sut1, sut2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(sut2, sut1);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, version_numbers_do_not_compare_equal_if_major_version_differs) {
+    PackageVersion sut1;
+    sut1.major = 1;
+    sut1.minor = 2;
+    sut1.patch = 3;
+    PackageVersion sut2;
+    sut2.major = 0;
+    sut2.minor = 2;
+    sut2.patch = 3;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut1 == sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 == sut1);
+    sut1.major = 99;
+    sut2.major = 6;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut1 == sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 == sut1);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, version_numbers_do_not_compare_equal_if_minor_version_differs) {
+    PackageVersion sut1;
+    sut1.major = 1;
+    sut1.minor = 2;
+    sut1.patch = 3;
+    PackageVersion sut2;
+    sut2.major = 1;
+    sut2.minor = 0;
+    sut2.patch = 3;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut1 == sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 == sut1);
+    sut1.minor = 99;
+    sut2.minor = 6;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut1 == sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 == sut1);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, version_numbers_do_not_compare_equal_if_patch_version_differs) {
+    PackageVersion sut1;
+    sut1.major = 1;
+    sut1.minor = 2;
+    sut1.patch = 3;
+    PackageVersion sut2;
+    sut2.major = 1;
+    sut2.minor = 2;
+    sut2.patch = 0;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut1 == sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 == sut1);
+    sut1.patch = 99;
+    sut2.patch = 6;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut1 == sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 == sut1);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, version_numbers_less_compares_lexicographically) {
+    PackageVersion sut1;
+    sut1.major = 1;
+    sut1.minor = 2;
+    sut1.patch = 3;
+    PackageVersion sut2;
+    sut2.major = 2;
+    sut2.minor = 2;
+    sut2.patch = 3;
+    EXPECT_LT(sut1, sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 < sut1);
+    sut2.major = sut1.major;
+    sut2.minor = 3;
+    EXPECT_LT(sut1, sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 < sut1);
+    sut2.minor = sut1.minor;
+    sut2.patch = 4;
+    EXPECT_LT(sut1, sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 < sut1);
+    sut2.patch = sut1.patch;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut1 < sut2);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(sut2 < sut1);
+}
+
+TEST(VersionTest, version_numbers_ostream_insertion_produces_version_string) {
+    std::stringstream sstr;
+    PackageVersion sut;
+    sut.major = 0;
+    sut.minor = 0;
+    sut.patch = 0;
+    sstr << sut;
+    ASSERT_FALSE(sstr.fail());
+    EXPECT_STREQ(sstr.str().c_str(), "0.0.0");
+    sstr = std::stringstream {};
+    sut.major = 22;
+    sut.minor = 4;
+    sut.patch = 102;
+    sstr << sut;
+    ASSERT_FALSE(sstr.fail());
+    EXPECT_STREQ(sstr.str().c_str(), "22.4.102");
+}
+
+} // namespace
diff --git a/iceoryx2-ffi/c/src/api/mod.rs b/iceoryx2-ffi/c/src/api/mod.rs
index abea7d7066..c0056a6994 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-ffi/c/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2-ffi/c/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -295,3 +295,23 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn iox2_semantic_string_error_string(
 ) -> *const c_char {
     error.as_const_cstr().as_ptr() as *const c_char
 }
+
+/// Version number.
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct iox2_package_version_t {
+    major: u16,
+    minor: u16,
+    patch: u16,
+}
+
+/// Returns the crates version acquired through the internal environment variables set by cargo,
+/// ("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_{MAJOR|MINOR|PATCH}").
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn iox2_package_version() -> iox2_package_version_t {
+    let package_version = PackageVersion::get();
+    iox2_package_version_t {
+        major: package_version.major(),
+        minor: package_version.minor(),
+        patch: package_version.patch(),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/iceoryx2/src/prelude.rs b/iceoryx2/src/prelude.rs
index f58ca07e55..68cdc74549 100644
--- a/iceoryx2/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2/src/prelude.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub use iceoryx2_bb_container::semantic_string::SemanticStringError;
 pub use iceoryx2_bb_derive_macros::PlacementDefault;
 pub use iceoryx2_bb_derive_macros::ZeroCopySend;
 pub use iceoryx2_bb_elementary::alignment::Alignment;
+pub use iceoryx2_bb_elementary::package_version::PackageVersion;
 pub use iceoryx2_bb_elementary::CallbackProgression;
 pub use iceoryx2_bb_elementary_traits::placement_default::PlacementDefault;
 pub use iceoryx2_bb_elementary_traits::zero_copy_send::ZeroCopySend;