diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index e52cbec6ec..1f75d05eeb 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ get_build_dir() {
   fi
 }
 
+get_pkg_version() {
+  if [ ! -z $1 ] ; then
+    cd $ROOT
+    . config/options $1
+    echo "$PKG_VERSION"
+  fi
+}
+
 tolower(){
   echo "$@" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
 }