diff --git a/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.c b/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.c
index 6403c1565f2..82decc2f780 100644
--- a/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.c
+++ b/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.c
@@ -136,5 +136,28 @@ void wbcFreeMemory(void *p)
 	return;
 }
 
+wbcErr wbcLibraryDetails(struct wbcLibraryDetails **_details)
+{
+	wbcErr wbc_status = WBC_ERR_UNKNOWN_FAILURE;
+	struct wbcLibraryDetails *info;
+
+	info = talloc(NULL, struct wbcLibraryDetails);
+	BAIL_ON_PTR_ERROR(info, wbc_status);
+
+	info->major_version = WBCLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION;
+	info->minor_version = WBCLIENT_MINOR_VERSION;
+	info->vendor_version = talloc_strdup(info,
+					     WBCLIENT_VENDOR_VERSION);
+	BAIL_ON_PTR_ERROR(info->vendor_version, wbc_status);
+
+	*_details = info;
+	info = NULL;
+
+	wbc_status = WBC_ERR_SUCCESS;
+
+done:
+	talloc_free(info);
+	return wbc_status;
+}
 
 
diff --git a/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.h b/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.h
index df61578c320..2fefe0c0729 100644
--- a/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.h
+++ b/source/nsswitch/libwbclient/wbclient.h
@@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ typedef enum _wbcErrType wbcErr;
 
 const char *wbcErrorString(wbcErr error);
 
+/**
+ *  @brief Some useful details about the wbclient library
+ *
+ **/
+#define WBCLIENT_MAJOR_VERSION 0
+#define WBCLIENT_MINOR_VERSION 1
+#define WBCLIENT_VENDOR_VERSION "Samba libwbclient"
+struct wbcLibraryDetails {
+	uint16_t major_version;
+	uint16_t minor_version;
+	const char *vendor_version;
+};
+
 /**
  *  @brief Some useful details about the running winbindd
  *
@@ -319,6 +332,8 @@ wbcErr wbcStringToSid(const char *sid_string,
 
 wbcErr wbcPing(void);
 
+wbcErr wbcLibraryDetails(struct wbcLibraryDetails **details);
+
 wbcErr wbcInterfaceDetails(struct wbcInterfaceDetails **details);
 
 /*