diff --git a/CHANGES/451.feature b/CHANGES/451.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b434583d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/451.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Expose ``getversion()`` function.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/multidict/__init__.py b/multidict/__init__.py
index 53e6e4e68..bc51fe31f 100644
--- a/multidict/__init__.py
+++ b/multidict/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "CIMultiDict",
     "upstr",
     "istr",
+    "getversion"
 )
 
 __version__ = "4.7.2"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
         MultiDict,
         CIMultiDict,
         istr,
+        getversion,
     )
 except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
     from ._multidict_py import (
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@
         MultiDict,
         CIMultiDict,
         istr,
+        getversion,
     )