diff --git a/doc/C-API.rst b/doc/C-API.rst
index 6556d4bb..2506d9b2 100644
--- a/doc/C-API.rst
+++ b/doc/C-API.rst
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ C
 .. doxygenfunction:: DS_FreeString
    :project: deepspeech-c
 
-.. doxygenfunction:: DS_PrintVersions
+.. doxygenfunction:: DS_Version
    :project: deepspeech-c
diff --git a/doc/NodeJS-API.rst b/doc/NodeJS-API.rst
index acdc3ab7..aaba718c 100644
--- a/doc/NodeJS-API.rst
+++ b/doc/NodeJS-API.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Module exported methods
 
 .. js:autofunction:: FreeMetadata
 
-.. js:autofunction:: printVersions
+.. js:autofunction:: Version
 
 Metadata
 --------
diff --git a/native_client/args.h b/native_client/args.h
index 2e7306c7..33b9b8fe 100644
--- a/native_client/args.h
+++ b/native_client/args.h
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ void PrintHelp(const char* bin)
     "\t--stream size\t\tRun in stream mode, output intermediate results\n"
     "\t--help\t\t\tShow help\n"
     "\t--version\t\tPrint version and exits\n";
-    DS_PrintVersions();
+    char* version = DS_Version();
+    std::cerr << "DeepSpeech " << version << "\n";
+    DS_FreeString(version);
     exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +145,9 @@ bool ProcessArgs(int argc, char** argv)
     }
 
     if (has_versions) {
-        DS_PrintVersions();
+        char* version = DS_Version();
+        std::cout << "DeepSpeech " << version << "\n";
+        DS_FreeString(version);
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/native_client/deepspeech.cc b/native_client/deepspeech.cc
index 9f0ebe42..c500fc83 100644
--- a/native_client/deepspeech.cc
+++ b/native_client/deepspeech.cc
@@ -261,7 +261,14 @@ DS_CreateModel(const char* aModelPath,
 {
   *retval = nullptr;
 
-  DS_PrintVersions();
+  std::cerr << "TensorFlow: " << tf_local_git_version() << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << "DeepSpeech: " << ds_git_version() << std::endl;
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  LOGE("TensorFlow: %s", tf_local_git_version());
+  LOGD("TensorFlow: %s", tf_local_git_version());
+  LOGE("DeepSpeech: %s", ds_git_version());
+  LOGD("DeepSpeech: %s", ds_git_version());
+#endif
 
   if (!aModelPath || strlen(aModelPath) < 1) {
     std::cerr << "No model specified, cannot continue." << std::endl;
@@ -467,14 +474,7 @@ DS_FreeString(char* str)
   free(str);
 }
 
-void
-DS_PrintVersions() {
-  std::cerr << "TensorFlow: " << tf_local_git_version() << std::endl;
-  std::cerr << "DeepSpeech: " << ds_git_version() << std::endl;
-#ifdef __ANDROID__
-  LOGE("TensorFlow: %s", tf_local_git_version());
-  LOGD("TensorFlow: %s", tf_local_git_version());
-  LOGE("DeepSpeech: %s", ds_git_version());
-  LOGD("DeepSpeech: %s", ds_git_version());
-#endif
+char*
+DS_Version() {
+  return strdup(ds_version());
 }
diff --git a/native_client/deepspeech.h b/native_client/deepspeech.h
index c5e330cb..53e93ec3 100644
--- a/native_client/deepspeech.h
+++ b/native_client/deepspeech.h
@@ -288,10 +288,13 @@ DEEPSPEECH_EXPORT
 void DS_FreeString(char* str);
 
 /**
- * @brief Print version of this library and of the linked TensorFlow library.
+ * @brief Return version of this library. The returned version is a semantic version
+ *        (SemVer 2.0.0). The string returned must be freed with {@link DS_FreeString()}.
+ *
+ * @return The version string.
  */
 DEEPSPEECH_EXPORT
-void DS_PrintVersions();
+char* DS_Version();
 
 #undef DEEPSPEECH_EXPORT
 
diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
index 15c2212c..576ed308 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/DeepSpeech.cs
@@ -219,11 +219,12 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Prints the versions of Tensorflow and DeepSpeech.
+        /// Return version of this library. The returned version is a semantic version
+        /// (SemVer 2.0.0).
         /// </summary>
-        public unsafe void PrintVersions()
+        public unsafe string Version()
         {
-            NativeImp.DS_PrintVersions();
+            return NativeImp.DS_Version().PtrToString();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs
index f00c188d..18677abc 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/Interfaces/IDeepSpeech.cs
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient.Interfaces
     public interface IDeepSpeech : IDisposable
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Prints the versions of Tensorflow and DeepSpeech.
+        /// Return version of this library. The returned version is a semantic version
+        /// (SemVer 2.0.0).
         /// </summary>
-        void PrintVersions();
+        unsafe string Version();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Return the sample rate expected by the model.
diff --git a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
index af28618c..6c3494b6 100644
--- a/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
+++ b/native_client/dotnet/DeepSpeechClient/NativeImp.cs
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ namespace DeepSpeechClient
     internal static class NativeImp
     {
         #region Native Implementation
-        [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-        internal static extern void DS_PrintVersions();
+        [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl,
+            CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, SetLastError = true)]
+        internal static extern IntPtr DS_Version();
 
         [DllImport("libdeepspeech.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal unsafe static extern ErrorCodes DS_CreateModel(string aModelPath,
diff --git a/native_client/javascript/client.js b/native_client/javascript/client.js
index 09406ccc..abbfe59e 100644
--- a/native_client/javascript/client.js
+++ b/native_client/javascript/client.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var VersionAction = function VersionAction(options) {
 util.inherits(VersionAction, argparse.Action);
 
 VersionAction.prototype.call = function(parser) {
-  Ds.printVersions();
+  console.log('DeepSpeech ' + Ds.Version());
   let runtime = 'Node';
   if (process.versions.electron) {
     runtime = 'Electron';
diff --git a/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i b/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i
index 006f78cf..efbaa360 100644
--- a/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i
+++ b/native_client/javascript/deepspeech.i
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ using namespace node;
 %newobject DS_SpeechToText;
 %newobject DS_IntermediateDecode;
 %newobject DS_FinishStream;
+%newobject DS_Version;
 
 // convert double pointer retval in CreateModel to an output
 %typemap(in, numinputs=0) ModelState **retval (ModelState *ret) {
diff --git a/native_client/javascript/index.js b/native_client/javascript/index.js
index 58697033..df827f04 100644
--- a/native_client/javascript/index.js
+++ b/native_client/javascript/index.js
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ function FreeStream(stream) {
 /**
  * Print version of this library and of the linked TensorFlow library on standard output.
  */
-function printVersions() {
-    return binding.PrintVersions();
+function Version() {
+    return binding.Version();
 }
 
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ module.exports = {
     Model: Model,
     Metadata: Metadata,
     MetadataItem: MetadataItem,
-    printVersions: printVersions,
+    Version: Version,
     FreeModel: FreeModel,
     FreeStream: FreeStream,
     FreeMetadata: FreeMetadata
diff --git a/native_client/python/__init__.py b/native_client/python/__init__.py
index 960305be..dffc960d 100644
--- a/native_client/python/__init__.py
+++ b/native_client/python/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if platform.system().lower() == "windows":
 import deepspeech
 
 # rename for backwards compatibility
-from deepspeech.impl import PrintVersions as printVersions
+from deepspeech.impl import Version as version
 
 class Model(object):
     """
diff --git a/native_client/python/client.py b/native_client/python/client.py
index 26db1e00..671968b9 100644
--- a/native_client/python/client.py
+++ b/native_client/python/client.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 import wave
 import json
 
-from deepspeech import Model, printVersions
+from deepspeech import Model, version
 from timeit import default_timer as timer
 
 try:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class VersionAction(argparse.Action):
         super(VersionAction, self).__init__(nargs=0, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        printVersions()
+        print('DeepSpeech ', version())
         exit(0)
 
 
diff --git a/native_client/python/impl.i b/native_client/python/impl.i
index c94ac819..e1644a35 100644
--- a/native_client/python/impl.i
+++ b/native_client/python/impl.i
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import_array();
 %newobject DS_SpeechToText;
 %newobject DS_IntermediateDecode;
 %newobject DS_FinishStream;
+%newobject DS_Version;
 
 %rename ("%(strip:[DS_])s") "";
 
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-android-ds-tests.sh b/taskcluster/tc-android-ds-tests.sh
index ec96dbf1..b9c70d03 100755
--- a/taskcluster/tc-android-ds-tests.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-android-ds-tests.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ android_setup_emulator "${arm_flavor}" "${api_level}"
 
 android_setup_ndk_data
 
-check_tensorflow_version
-
 run_tflite_basic_inference_tests
 
 android_stop_emulator
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-asserts.sh b/taskcluster/tc-asserts.sh
index 6c680560..fd720557 100755
--- a/taskcluster/tc-asserts.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-asserts.sh
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ assert_deepspeech_version()
   assert_not_present "$1" "DeepSpeech: unknown"
 }
 
-check_tensorflow_version()
+check_versions()
 {
   set +e
-  ds_help=$(${DS_BINARY_PREFIX}deepspeech 2>&1 1>/dev/null)
+  ds_help=$(${DS_BINARY_PREFIX}deepspeech --model ${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/${model_name} --audio ${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/${ldc93s1_sample_filename} 2>&1 1>/dev/null)
   set -e
 
   assert_tensorflow_version "${ds_help}"
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests-prod.sh b/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests-prod.sh
index d3e1db2e..9edd5673 100644
--- a/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests-prod.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests-prod.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ download_material "${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds"
 
 export PATH=${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds/:$PATH
 
-check_tensorflow_version
+check_versions
 
 run_prod_inference_tests "${bitrate}"
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests.sh b/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests.sh
index cea0674c..67d5d92f 100644
--- a/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-cpp-ds-tests.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ download_material "${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds"
 
 export PATH=${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds/:$PATH
 
-check_tensorflow_version
+check_versions
 
 run_all_inference_tests
 
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-ds-tests.sh b/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-ds-tests.sh
index f442dda7..313475ef 100644
--- a/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-ds-tests.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-ds-tests.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ download_material "${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds"
 
 export PATH=${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds/:$PATH
 
-check_tensorflow_version
+check_versions
 
 run_all_inference_tests
 
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-tests-prod.sh b/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-tests-prod.sh
index 8f2b47b2..5acd4016 100644
--- a/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-tests-prod.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite-tests-prod.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ download_material "${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds"
 
 export PATH=${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds/:$PATH
 
-check_tensorflow_version
+check_versions
 
 run_prodtflite_inference_tests "${bitrate}"
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite_basic-ds-tests.sh b/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite_basic-ds-tests.sh
index be539933..7370e8a3 100644
--- a/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite_basic-ds-tests.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-cpp_tflite_basic-ds-tests.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ download_material "${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds"
 
 export PATH=${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds/:$PATH
 
-check_tensorflow_version
+check_versions
 
 run_tflite_basic_inference_tests
diff --git a/taskcluster/tc-cppwin-ds-tests.sh b/taskcluster/tc-cppwin-ds-tests.sh
index 671ae3ef..6f177a39 100644
--- a/taskcluster/tc-cppwin-ds-tests.sh
+++ b/taskcluster/tc-cppwin-ds-tests.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ download_material "${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds"
 
 export PATH=${TASKCLUSTER_TMP_DIR}/ds/:$PATH
 
-check_tensorflow_version
+check_versions
 
 run_basic_inference_tests