diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c54d3c8..8faee0e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 Copyright (C) 2014 Tim Ruehsen
 
-30.05.2014
-  * Fixed psl_builtin() to return NULL if no built-in PSL data is available
+31.05.2014 Release V0.2.5
+  * added psl_get_version()
+  * removed version from library name
+
+30.05.2014 Release V0.2.4
+  * fixed psl_builtin() to return NULL if no built-in PSL data is available
 
 27.05.2014  Release V0.2.3
   * changed API version to 0.2
@@ -12,6 +16,6 @@ Copyright (C) 2014 Tim Ruehsen
   * build static library by default
 
 25.04.2014  Hotfix release V0.2.1
-  * Updated to the latest Publix Suffix List
+  * updated to the latest Publix Suffix List
 
 25.04.2014  Initial release V0.2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7712005..705c5d5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.2.4], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
+AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.2.5], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall no-define])
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ AS_IF([ test "$enable_man" != no ], [
 # 4. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last update, increment current, and set revision to 0.
 # 5. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then increment age.
 # 6. If any interfaces have been removed or changed since the last public release, then set age to 0. 
-AC_SUBST([LIBPSL_SO_VERSION], [0:4:0])
+AC_SUBST([LIBPSL_SO_VERSION], [1:0:1])
 AC_SUBST([LIBPSL_VERSION], $VERSION)
 
 # Check for idn2
diff --git a/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt b/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt
index c6eaa16..b2b1617 100644
--- a/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/libpsl/libpsl-sections.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ psl_builtin_file_time
 psl_builtin_sha1sum
 psl_builtin_filename
 psl_is_cookie_domain_acceptable
+psl_get_version
 </SECTION>
diff --git a/include/libpsl.h b/include/libpsl.h
index a0a1931..265bdf6 100644
--- a/include/libpsl.h
+++ b/include/libpsl.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ const char *
 /* returns file name of PSL source file */
 const char *
 	psl_builtin_filename(void);
+/* returns library version */
+const char *
+	psl_get_version(void);
 
 
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/psl.c b/src/psl.c
index 77ed564..881052e 100644
--- a/src/psl.c
+++ b/src/psl.c
@@ -674,6 +674,20 @@ const char *psl_builtin_filename(void)
 	return _psl_filename;
 }
 
+/**
+ * psl_get_version:
+ *
+ * Get libpsl version.
+ *
+ * Returns: String containing version of libpsl.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.2.5
+ **/
+const char *psl_get_version (void)
+{
+	return PACKAGE_VERSION;
+}
+
 /**
  * psl_is_cookie_domain_acceptable:
  * @psl: PSL context pointer