diff --git a/examples/example1/main.cpp b/examples/example1/main.cpp
index 3143623..9aaffd7 100644
--- a/examples/example1/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/example1/main.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ private:
 
 int main ()
 {
-    // Using SQLITE_VERSION would require #include <sqlite3.h> which we want to avoid
+    // Using SQLITE_VERSION would require #include <sqlite3.h> which we want to avoid: use SQLite::VERSION if possible.
 //  std::cout << "SQlite3 version " << SQLITE_VERSION << std::endl;
     std::cout << "SQlite3 version " << SQLite::VERSION << " (" << SQLite::getLibVersion() << ")" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "SQliteC++ version " << SQLITECPP_VERSION << std::endl;
diff --git a/tests/Database_test.cpp b/tests/Database_test.cpp
index 83c3750..e38c101 100644
--- a/tests/Database_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/Database_test.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ void assertion_failed(const char* apFile, const long apLine, const char* apFunc,
 }
 #endif
 
+TEST(SQLiteCpp, version) {
+    EXPECT_STREQ(SQLITE_VERSION,        SQLite::VERSION);
+    EXPECT_EQ   (SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER, SQLite::VERSION_NUMBER);
+    EXPECT_STREQ(SQLITE_VERSION,        SQLite::getLibVersion());
+    EXPECT_EQ   (SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER, SQLite::getLibVersionNumber());
+}
 
 TEST(Database, ctorExecCreateDropExist) {
     remove("test.db3");