diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9dbb88..90d6b03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ### build
-build
\ No newline at end of file
+build
+install
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df04a5b..dc10d6e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ endif()
 
 message("Found FRIClient of version: " ${FRICLIENT_VERSION})
 
+# create version header
+configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/friVersion.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FRIClient_SDK_NAME}/include/friVersion.h
+)
+
 #################################
 # define FRIClient library target
 #################################
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ada965f..1c73b9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 # fri
-[![Build status](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg?branch=fri-2.5)](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml)
-
 This folder adds CMake support to KUKA's Fast Robot Interface (FRI).
 
+| FRI Version | Build Status |
+| ----------- | ------------ |
+| `1.11`      | [![Build status](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg?branch=fri-1.11)](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml) |
+| `1.14`      | [![Build status](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg?branch=fri-1.14)](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml) |
+| `1.15`      | [![Build status](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg?branch=fri-1.15)](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml) |
+| `1.16`      | [![Build status](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg?branch=fri-1.16)](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml) |
+| `2.5`       | [![Build status](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg?branch=fri-2.5)](https://github.com/lbr-stack/fri/actions/workflows/build.yaml)  |
+
 ## Build
 To build, run
 
diff --git a/friVersion.h.in b/friVersion.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8e0de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/friVersion.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef FRI_VERSION_H
+#define FRI_VERSION_H
+
+#define FRICLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR @FRICLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define FRICLIENT_VERSION_MINOR @FRICLIENT_VERSION_MINOR@
+
+#endif // FRI_VERSION_H