diff --git a/zokrates_js/.gitignore b/zokrates_js/.gitignore
index 43a1f54c..3a63e0e3 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/.gitignore
+++ b/zokrates_js/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ target
 pkg
 wasm-pack.log
 stdlib
-stdlib.json
\ No newline at end of file
+stdlib.json
+metadata.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zokrates_js/gulpfile.js b/zokrates_js/gulpfile.js
index 4129b607..abb8560a 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/gulpfile.js
+++ b/zokrates_js/gulpfile.js
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ const gulp = require('gulp');
 const dree = require('dree');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const toml = require('toml');
 
 /** stdlib constants */
 const stdlibRoot = '../zokrates_stdlib/stdlib';
-const output = 'stdlib.json';
+const stdlibOutput = 'stdlib.json';
 
 const options = {
     extensions: ['zok']
@@ -22,6 +23,17 @@ gulp.task('stdlib', (done) => {
         stdlib[file.relativePath] = content;
     });
 
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, output), JSON.stringify(stdlib));
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, stdlibOutput), JSON.stringify(stdlib));
     done();
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+gulp.task('metadata', (done) => {
+    const config = toml.parse(fs.readFileSync('../zokrates_cli/Cargo.toml').toString());
+    const metadata = JSON.stringify({
+        version: config.package.version
+    });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname,  'metadata.json'), metadata);
+    done();
+});
+
+gulp.task('setup', gulp.series('stdlib', 'metadata'));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zokrates_js/index.d.ts b/zokrates_js/index.d.ts
index 263cc255..52ba4cee 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/index.d.ts
+++ b/zokrates_js/index.d.ts
@@ -60,5 +60,10 @@ declare module 'zokrates-js' {
     generateProof(program: Uint8Array, witness: string, provingKey: Uint8Array): Proof;
   }
 
+  export interface Metadata {
+    version: string
+  }
+
   export function initialize(): Promise<ZoKratesProvider>;
+  export var metadata: Metadata;
 }
diff --git a/zokrates_js/index.js b/zokrates_js/index.js
index 4f8b8ba0..f4d10ac1 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/index.js
+++ b/zokrates_js/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import wrapper from './wrapper';
 import stdlib from './stdlib.json';
+import metadata from './metadata.json';
 
 const initialize = async () => {
   const zokrates = await import('./pkg/index.js');
   return wrapper({ zokrates, stdlib });
 }
 
-export { initialize };
\ No newline at end of file
+export { initialize, metadata };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zokrates_js/node/index.js b/zokrates_js/node/index.js
index 681e3ade..1d356ba5 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/node/index.js
+++ b/zokrates_js/node/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const wrapper = require('../wrapper.js');
 const stdlib = require('../stdlib.json');
+const metadata = require('../metadata.json');
 
 const initialize = async () => {
     return wrapper({ 
@@ -8,4 +9,4 @@ const initialize = async () => {
     });
 }
 
-module.exports = { initialize };
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = { initialize, metadata };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zokrates_js/package-lock.json b/zokrates_js/package-lock.json
index c9e24433..8f7f717c 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/package-lock.json
+++ b/zokrates_js/package-lock.json
@@ -4572,6 +4572,12 @@
         "through2": "^2.0.3"
       }
     },
+    "toml": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toml/-/toml-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-y/mWCZinnvxjTKYhJ+pYxwD0mRLVvOtdS2Awbgxln6iEnt4rk0yBxeSBHkGJcPucRiG0e55mwWp+g/05rsrd6w==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "type": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type/-/type-1.2.0.tgz",
diff --git a/zokrates_js/package.json b/zokrates_js/package.json
index e9b3d302..d101a284 100644
--- a/zokrates_js/package.json
+++ b/zokrates_js/package.json
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
     "index.d.ts",
     "wrapper.js",
     "stdlib.json",
+    "metadata.json",
     "README.md"
   ],
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "wasm-pack": "wasm-pack build --out-name index --release",
-    "setup": "npm install && gulp stdlib",
+    "setup": "npm install && gulp setup",
     "prebuild": "npm run setup",
     "build": "npm run build:bundler && npm run build:node",
     "build:bundler": "rimraf pkg && npm run wasm-pack -- --target bundler && npm run clean-pkg",
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@
     "mocha": "^7.1.1",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "serve": "^11.3.2",
-    "text-encoding": "^0.7.0"
+    "text-encoding": "^0.7.0",
+    "toml": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {}
 }