diff --git a/wxPython/include/wx/wxPython/swigver.h b/wxPython/include/wx/wxPython/swigver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf90522a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxPython/include/wx/wxPython/swigver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// This file was generated by setup.py
+
+#define wxPy_SWIG_VERSION "SWIG-1.3.27"
diff --git a/wxPython/setup.py b/wxPython/setup.py
index 52f77cf5b6..d672a44196 100755
--- a/wxPython/setup.py
+++ b/wxPython/setup.py
@@ -76,6 +76,32 @@ RELEASE_NUMBER = RELEASE_VERSION  # for compatibility
 CLEANUP.append('wx/__version__.py')
 
 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Write the SWIG version to a header file
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if USE_SWIG:
+    try:
+        # It may come on either stdout or stderr, depending on the
+        # version, so read both.
+        i, o, e = os.popen3(SWIG + ' -version', 't')
+        stext = o.read() + e.read()
+        import re
+        match = re.search(r'[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$', stext, re.MULTILINE)
+        if not match:
+            raise 'NotFound'
+        SVER = match.group(0)
+        open('include/wx/wxPython/swigver.h', 'w').write('''\
+// This file was generated by setup.py
+
+#define wxPy_SWIG_VERSION "SWIG-%s"
+''' % SVER)
+        msg('Using SWIG-' + SVER)
+
+    except:
+        msg('\nUnable to get SWIG version number\n')
+
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # patch distutils if it can't cope with the "classifiers" or
 # "download_url" keywords 
diff --git a/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp b/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp
index 13f89c15e6..d426e4d007 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp
+++ b/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 #include "wx/wxPython/wxPython_int.h"
 #include "wx/wxPython/pyistream.h"
+#include "wx/wxPython/swigver.h"
 
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
 #include <wx/msw/private.h>
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@
 #include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
 #include <wx/gtk/win_gtk.h>
 #define GetXWindow(wxwin) (wxwin)->m_wxwindow ? \
-                              GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW(GTK_PIZZA((wxwin)->m_wxwindow)->bin_window) : \
-                              GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW((wxwin)->m_widget->window)
+                          GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW(GTK_PIZZA((wxwin)->m_wxwindow)->bin_window) : \
+                          GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW((wxwin)->m_widget->window)
 #include <locale.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -690,7 +691,8 @@ PyObject* __wxPySetDictionary(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 #else
     _AddInfoString("wx-assertions-off");
 #endif
-
+    _AddInfoString(wxPy_SWIG_VERSION);    
+    
 #undef _AddInfoString
 
     PyObject* PlatInfoTuple = PyList_AsTuple(PlatInfo);