diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00d5119f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 0.1.0
+
+First declared version. Everything is new!
diff --git a/src/cli/vm.c b/src/cli/vm.c
index e258091a..2754b617 100644
--- a/src/cli/vm.c
+++ b/src/cli/vm.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int runRepl()
   initVM();
 
   printf("\\\\/\"-\n");
-  printf(" \\_/   wren v0.0.0\n");
+  printf(" \\_/   wren v%s\n", WREN_VERSION_STRING);
 
   char line[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
 
diff --git a/src/include/wren.h b/src/include/wren.h
index 4c9e1de7..afe801dd 100644
--- a/src/include/wren.h
+++ b/src/include/wren.h
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+// The Wren semantic version number components.
+#define WREN_VERSION_MAJOR 0
+#define WREN_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define WREN_VERSION_PATCH 0
+
+// A human-friendly string representation of the version.
+#define WREN_VERSION_STRING "0.1.0"
+
+// A monotonically increasing numeric representation of the version number. Use
+// this if you want to do range checks over versions.
+#define WREN_VERSION_NUMBER (WREN_VERSION_MAJOR * 1000000 + \
+                             WREN_VERSION_MINOR * 1000 + \
+                             WREN_VERSION_PATCH)
+
 // A single virtual machine for executing Wren code.
 //
 // Wren has no global state, so all state stored by a running interpreter lives