diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h b/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
index fccdfcd8d8..38779e3fa1 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ public:
                               long style = 0,
                               const wxString& name = wxASCII_STR(wxWebViewNameStr)) wxOVERRIDE
     { return new wxWebViewWebKit(parent, id, url, pos, size, style, name); }
+#if wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2
+    virtual wxVersionInfo GetVersionInfo() wxOVERRIDE;
+#endif
 };
 
 
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/private/webview_edge.h b/include/wx/msw/private/webview_edge.h
index 2fce49a3fa..f5509006e6 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/private/webview_edge.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/private/webview_edge.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public:
 
     static wxDynamicLibrary ms_loaderDll;
     static wxString ms_browserExecutableDir;
+    static wxString ms_version;
 
     static bool Initialize();
 
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/webview_edge.h b/include/wx/msw/webview_edge.h
index ab2e65a304..bd25dd5da2 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/webview_edge.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/webview_edge.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ public:
         return new wxWebViewEdge(parent, id, url, pos, size, style, name);
     }
     virtual bool IsAvailable() wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual wxVersionInfo GetVersionInfo() wxOVERRIDE;
 };
 
 #endif // wxUSE_WEBVIEW && wxUSE_WEBVIEW_EDGE && defined(__WXMSW__)
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/webview_ie.h b/include/wx/msw/webview_ie.h
index a7fb5e3171..019ac97dbf 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/webview_ie.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/webview_ie.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ public:
                               long style = 0,
                               const wxString& name = wxASCII_STR(wxWebViewNameStr)) wxOVERRIDE
     { return new wxWebViewIE(parent, id, url, pos, size, style, name); }
+    virtual wxVersionInfo GetVersionInfo() wxOVERRIDE;
 };
 
 #endif // wxUSE_WEBVIEW && wxUSE_WEBVIEW_IE && defined(__WXMSW__)
diff --git a/include/wx/webview.h b/include/wx/webview.h
index 63ca8199a4..e3e2433cea 100644
--- a/include/wx/webview.h
+++ b/include/wx/webview.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "wx/sstream.h"
 #include "wx/sharedptr.h"
 #include "wx/vector.h"
+#include "wx/versioninfo.h"
 
 #if defined(__WXOSX__)
     #include "wx/osx/webviewhistoryitem_webkit.h"
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ public:
                               long style = 0,
                               const wxString& name = wxASCII_STR(wxWebViewNameStr)) = 0;
     virtual bool IsAvailable() { return true; }
+    virtual wxVersionInfo GetVersionInfo() { return wxVersionInfo(); }
 };
 
 WX_DECLARE_STRING_HASH_MAP(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewFactory>, wxStringWebViewFactoryMap);
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ public:
     static void RegisterFactory(const wxString& backend,
                                 wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewFactory> factory);
     static bool IsBackendAvailable(const wxString& backend);
+    static wxVersionInfo GetBackendVersionInfo(const wxString& backend);
 
     // General methods
     virtual void EnableContextMenu(bool enable = true)
diff --git a/interface/wx/webview.h b/interface/wx/webview.h
index 4234fc0895..4d4ed87c76 100644
--- a/interface/wx/webview.h
+++ b/interface/wx/webview.h
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ public:
         @since 3.1.5
     */
     virtual bool IsAvailable();
+
+    /**
+        Retrieve the version information about this backend implementation.
+
+        @since 3.1.5
+    */
+    virtual wxVersionInfo GetVersionInfo(const wxString& backend);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -492,6 +499,12 @@ public:
     */
     static bool IsBackendAvailable(const wxString& backend);
 
+    /**
+        Retrieve the version information about the backend implementation.
+
+        @since 3.1.5
+    */
+    static wxVersionInfo GetBackendVersionInfo(const wxString& backend);
 
     /**
         Get the title of the current web page, or its URL/path if title is not
diff --git a/samples/webview/webview.cpp b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
index 4cc02ab696..9ad0011c2d 100644
--- a/samples/webview/webview.cpp
+++ b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ WebFrame::WebFrame(const wxString& url) :
     }
 #endif
     m_browser = wxWebView::New(backend);
+    wxLogMessage("Backend version: %s", wxWebView::GetBackendVersionInfo(backend).ToString());
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
     // With WKWebView handlers need to be registered before creation
     m_browser->RegisterHandler(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler>(new wxWebViewArchiveHandler("wxfs")));
diff --git a/src/common/webview.cpp b/src/common/webview.cpp
index 348a2ad75e..86c5f53e88 100644
--- a/src/common/webview.cpp
+++ b/src/common/webview.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ bool wxWebView::IsBackendAvailable(const wxString& backend)
         return false;
 }
 
+wxVersionInfo wxWebView::GetBackendVersionInfo(const wxString& backend)
+{
+    wxStringWebViewFactoryMap::iterator iter = FindFactory(backend);
+    if (iter != m_factoryMap.end())
+        return iter->second->GetVersionInfo();
+    else
+        return wxVersionInfo();
+}
+
 // static 
 wxStringWebViewFactoryMap::iterator wxWebView::FindFactory(const wxString &backend)
 {
diff --git a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
index b00840499f..64587bc197 100644
--- a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
@@ -507,6 +507,16 @@ wxgtk_authorize_authenticated_peer_cb(GDBusAuthObserver *,
 
 } // extern "C"
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxWebViewFactoryWebKit
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+wxVersionInfo wxWebViewFactoryWebKit::GetVersionInfo()
+{
+    return wxVersionInfo("webkit2", webkit_get_major_version(),
+        webkit_get_minor_version(), webkit_get_micro_version());
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxWebViewWebKit
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/msw/webview_edge.cpp b/src/msw/webview_edge.cpp
index 9a7f72cb4b..63a91b94e2 100644
--- a/src/msw/webview_edge.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/webview_edge.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "wx/log.h"
 #include "wx/stdpaths.h"
 #include "wx/thread.h"
+#include "wx/tokenzr.h"
 #include "wx/private/jsscriptwrapper.h"
 #include "wx/private/json.h"
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ GetAvailableCoreWebView2BrowserVersionString_t wxGetAvailableCoreWebView2Browser
 
 wxDynamicLibrary wxWebViewEdgeImpl::ms_loaderDll;
 wxString wxWebViewEdgeImpl::ms_browserExecutableDir;
+wxString wxWebViewEdgeImpl::ms_version;
 
 wxWebViewEdgeImpl::wxWebViewEdgeImpl(wxWebViewEdge* webview):
     m_ctrl(webview)
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ bool wxWebViewEdgeImpl::Initialize()
         wxLogApiError("GetCoreWebView2BrowserVersionInfo", hr);
         return false;
     }
+    ms_version = versionStr;
 
     ms_loaderDll.Attach(loaderDll.Detach());
 
@@ -876,6 +879,18 @@ bool wxWebViewFactoryEdge::IsAvailable()
     return wxWebViewEdgeImpl::Initialize();
 }
 
+wxVersionInfo wxWebViewFactoryEdge::GetVersionInfo()
+{
+    IsAvailable(); // Make sure ms_version string is initialized (if available)
+    long versions[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
+    wxArrayString tokens = wxStringTokenize(wxWebViewEdgeImpl::ms_version, ". ");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+        if (tokens.size() > i)
+            tokens[i].ToLong(&versions[i]);
+    }
+    return wxVersionInfo("Microsoft Edge WebView2", versions[0], versions[1], versions[2]);
+}
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Module ensuring all global/singleton objects are destroyed on shutdown.
diff --git a/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp b/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
index 79b8204776..c584fd32e3 100644
--- a/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "wx/filesys.h"
 #include "wx/dynlib.h"
 #include "wx/scopeguard.h"
+#include "wx/tokenzr.h"
 
 #include "wx/msw/missing.h"
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
@@ -51,6 +52,22 @@ enum //Internal find flags
 
 }
 
+// wxWebViewFactoryIE
+wxVersionInfo wxWebViewFactoryIE::GetVersionInfo()
+{
+    wxRegKey key(wxRegKey::HKLM, "Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer");
+    wxString value;
+    key.QueryValue("Version", value);
+    long versions[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
+    wxArrayString tokens = wxStringTokenize(value, ". ");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+        if (tokens.size() > i)
+            tokens[i].ToLong(&versions[i]);
+    }
+    return wxVersionInfo("Internet Explorer", versions[0], versions[1], versions[2]);
+}
+
 //Convenience function for error conversion
 #define WX_ERROR_CASE(error, wxerror) \
         case error: \