diff --git a/include/client/taos.h b/include/client/taos.h
index a22c8e5138..1d2b3a913c 100644
--- a/include/client/taos.h
+++ b/include/client/taos.h
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ typedef enum {
 } TSDB_SERVER_STATUS;
 
 DLL_EXPORT TSDB_SERVER_STATUS taos_check_server_status(const char *fqdn, int port, char *details, int maxlen);
-
+DLL_EXPORT char* getBuildInfo();
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/source/util/src/version.c.in b/source/util/src/version.c.in
index 2446bf9278..07bb1d42f8 100644
--- a/source/util/src/version.c.in
+++ b/source/util/src/version.c.in
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ char gitinfoOfInternal[48] = "${TD_VER_GIT_INTERNAL}";
 char buildinfo[64] = "${TD_VER_OSTYPE}-${TD_VER_CPUTYPE} ${TD_VER_DATE}";
 
 void libtaos_${TD_LIB_VER_NUMBER}_${TD_VER_OSTYPE}_${TD_VER_CPUTYPE}_${TD_VER_VERTYPE}() {};
+char* getBuildInfo(){
+    return buildinfo;
+}