diff --git a/lib-php/Status.php b/lib-php/Status.php
index a276c4d5..2d9e78db 100644
--- a/lib-php/Status.php
+++ b/lib-php/Status.php
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ class Status
 
         return $iDataDateEpoch;
     }
+
+    public function databaseVersion()
+    {
+        $sSQL = 'SELECT value FROM nominatim_properties WHERE property = \'database_version\'';
+        return $this->oDB->getOne($sSQL);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib-php/website/status.php b/lib-php/website/status.php
index 3bb2ffa1..7c7eb928 100644
--- a/lib-php/website/status.php
+++ b/lib-php/website/status.php
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ if ($sOutputFormat == 'json') {
                   'data_updated' => (new DateTime('@'.$epoch))->format(DateTime::RFC3339),
                   'software_version' => CONST_NominatimVersion
                  );
+    $sDatabaseVersion = $oStatus->databaseVersion();
+    if ($sDatabaseVersion) {
+        $aResponse['database_version'] = $sDatabaseVersion;
+    }
     javascript_renderData($aResponse);
 } else {
     echo 'OK';