diff --git a/include/wx/msw/webrequest_winhttp.h b/include/wx/msw/webrequest_winhttp.h
index cd4c1750f2..22607becd7 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/webrequest_winhttp.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/webrequest_winhttp.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public:
 
     wxWebRequest* CreateRequest(const wxString& url, int id = wxID_ANY) wxOVERRIDE;
 
+    wxVersionInfo GetLibraryVersionInfo() wxOVERRIDE;
+
     HINTERNET GetHandle() const { return m_handle; }
 
 private:
diff --git a/include/wx/webrequest.h b/include/wx/webrequest.h
index be5f4136fa..644be4eb89 100644
--- a/include/wx/webrequest.h
+++ b/include/wx/webrequest.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "wx/sharedptr.h"
 #include "wx/stream.h"
 #include "wx/vector.h"
+#include "wx/versioninfo.h"
 
 class wxWebResponse;
 class wxWebSession;
@@ -223,6 +224,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual wxWebRequest* CreateRequest(const wxString& url, int id = wxID_ANY) = 0;
 
+    virtual wxVersionInfo GetLibraryVersionInfo() = 0;
+
     virtual void SetHeader(const wxString& name, const wxString& value)
     { m_headers[name] = value; }
 
diff --git a/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h b/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h
index 5d8d56b0a6..6d364241ff 100644
--- a/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h
+++ b/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ public:
 
     wxWebRequest* CreateRequest(const wxString& url, int id = wxID_ANY) wxOVERRIDE;
 
+    wxVersionInfo GetLibraryVersionInfo() wxOVERRIDE;
+
     bool StartRequest(wxWebRequestCURL& request);
 
     void CancelRequest(wxWebRequestCURL* request);
diff --git a/interface/wx/webrequest.h b/interface/wx/webrequest.h
index 4c24ac1ec5..b4d8c2f138 100644
--- a/interface/wx/webrequest.h
+++ b/interface/wx/webrequest.h
@@ -484,6 +484,12 @@ public:
     */
     wxWebRequest* CreateRequest(const wxString& url, int id = wxID_ANY);
 
+    /**
+        Retrieve the version information about the implementation library used
+        by this session.
+    */
+    virtual wxVersionInfo GetLibraryVersionInfo();
+
     /**
         Sets a request header in every wxWebRequest created from this session
         after is has been set.
diff --git a/samples/webrequest/webrequest.cpp b/samples/webrequest/webrequest.cpp
index 6b7e24afa3..52a347f242 100644
--- a/samples/webrequest/webrequest.cpp
+++ b/samples/webrequest/webrequest.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ public:
 
         CreateStatusBar();
 
+        GetStatusBar()->SetStatusText(wxWebSession::GetDefault().GetLibraryVersionInfo().ToString());
+
         m_downloadProgressTimer.Bind(wxEVT_TIMER,
             &WebRequestFrame::OnProgressTimer, this);
 
@@ -402,7 +404,7 @@ public:
     {
         if ( !wxApp::OnInit() )
             return false;
-
+        
         wxInitAllImageHandlers();
 
         // create the main application window
diff --git a/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp b/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp
index b4dbc00c89..de4e96db31 100644
--- a/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp
+++ b/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp
@@ -479,6 +479,19 @@ void wxWebSessionCURL::CancelRequest(wxWebRequestCURL* request)
     m_cancelledRequests.push_back(wxObjectDataPtr<wxWebRequestCURL>(request));
 }
 
+wxVersionInfo  wxWebSessionCURL::GetLibraryVersionInfo()
+{
+    const curl_version_info_data* vi = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
+    wxString desc = wxString::Format("libcurl/%s", vi->version);
+    if (vi->ssl_version[0])
+        desc += " " + wxString(vi->ssl_version);
+    return wxVersionInfo("libcurl",
+        vi->version_num >> 16 & 0xff,
+        vi->version_num >> 8 & 0xff,
+        vi->version_num & 0xff,
+        desc);
+}
+
 // static
 void wxWebSessionCURL::InitializeCURL()
 {
diff --git a/src/msw/webrequest_winhttp.cpp b/src/msw/webrequest_winhttp.cpp
index eb7608564c..aad68998bc 100644
--- a/src/msw/webrequest_winhttp.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/webrequest_winhttp.cpp
@@ -524,4 +524,12 @@ wxWebRequest* wxWebSessionWinHTTP::CreateRequest(const wxString& url, int id)
     return new wxWebRequestWinHTTP(id, *this, url);
 }
 
+wxVersionInfo wxWebSessionWinHTTP::GetLibraryVersionInfo()
+{
+    int verMaj, verMin, verMicro;
+    wxGetOsVersion(&verMaj, &verMin, &verMicro);
+    return wxVersionInfo("WinHTTP", verMaj, verMin, verMicro);
+}
+
+
 #endif // wxUSE_WEBREQUEST_WINHTTP