diff --git a/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index 13b61241fa08ac2291052ecb9f6515252d31c44a..c8ad51c9340dfeb7cddb56846c27dd46146b54d4 100644
--- a/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES("py-switch" PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${PYWRAP})
 
 ADD_PYTHON_UNIT_TEST("py-dimensions" "unittest/python/test_dimensions.py" "python/eigenpy")
 SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES("py-dimensions" PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${PYWRAP})
+
+ADD_PYTHON_UNIT_TEST("py-version" "unittest/python/test_version.py" "python/eigenpy")
+SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES("py-version" PROPERTIES DEPENDS ${PYWRAP})
diff --git a/unittest/python/test_version.py b/unittest/python/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..36d3c6446c2cb8513862c067d95169edb0b1ffb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittest/python/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import eigenpy
+
+assert eigenpy.checkVersionAtLeast(0,0,0)
+assert eigenpy.__version__ != ""
+assert eigenpy.__raw_version__ != ""