diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 00fe13b0dc5c99fca33c7695c6e597a4c3bf3473..ec7313e35ed1a0ce873ad01afe498b1cf9799ff3 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ class SimpleSAML_Configuration {
 		$this->configuration = $config;
 	}
 
+	public function getVersion() {
+		return 'trunk';
+	}
+
 
 	/** 
 	 * Retrieve a configuration option set in config.php.