diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 46a009085f7c..96dafb0f563d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Utz Bacher <utz.bacher@de.ibm.com> and Jens Osterkamp " \
 	      "<Jens.Osterkamp@de.ibm.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Spider Southbridge Gigabit Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_VERSION(VERSION);
 
 static int rx_descriptors = SPIDER_NET_RX_DESCRIPTORS_DEFAULT;
 static int tx_descriptors = SPIDER_NET_TX_DESCRIPTORS_DEFAULT;
@@ -2252,6 +2253,8 @@ static struct pci_driver spider_net_driver = {
  */
 static int __init spider_net_init(void)
 {
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Spidernet version %s.\n", VERSION);
+
 	if (rx_descriptors < SPIDER_NET_RX_DESCRIPTORS_MIN) {
 		rx_descriptors = SPIDER_NET_RX_DESCRIPTORS_MIN;
 		pr_info("adjusting rx descriptors to %i.\n", rx_descriptors);
diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.h b/drivers/net/spider_net.h
index a59deda2f95e..6193ea836289 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.h
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #ifndef _SPIDER_NET_H
 #define _SPIDER_NET_H
 
+#define VERSION "1.1 A"
+
 #include "sungem_phy.h"
 
 extern int spider_net_stop(struct net_device *netdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/spider_net_ethtool.c
index 589e43658dee..fda74f7d6fd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net_ethtool.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ spider_net_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 	/* clear and fill out info */
 	memset(drvinfo, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_drvinfo));
 	strncpy(drvinfo->driver, spider_net_driver_name, 32);
-	strncpy(drvinfo->version, "0.1", 32);
+	strncpy(drvinfo->version, VERSION, 32);
 	strcpy(drvinfo->fw_version, "no information");
 	strncpy(drvinfo->bus_info, pci_name(card->pdev), 32);
 }