diff --git a/core/database.php b/core/database.php
index 4f6643a0..56639cf8 100644
--- a/core/database.php
+++ b/core/database.php
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ class Database
         return $this->engine->name;
     }
 
+    public function get_version(): string
+    {
+        return $this->engine->get_version($this->db);
+    }
+
     private function count_time(string $method, float $start, string $query, ?array $args): void
     {
         global $_tracer, $tracer_enabled;
diff --git a/core/dbengine.php b/core/dbengine.php
index c974ab34..cb46ab4f 100644
--- a/core/dbengine.php
+++ b/core/dbengine.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ abstract class DBEngine
     }
 
     abstract public function set_timeout(PDO $db, int $time);
+
+    abstract public function get_version(PDO $db): string;
 }
 
 class MySQL extends DBEngine
@@ -68,12 +70,15 @@ class MySQL extends DBEngine
         // These only apply to read-only queries, which appears to be the best we can to mysql-wise
         // $db->exec("SET SESSION MAX_EXECUTION_TIME=".$time.";");
     }
+
+    public function get_version(PDO $db): string
+    {
+        return $db->query('select version()')->fetch()[0];
+    }
 }
 
 class PostgreSQL extends DBEngine
 {
-
-
     /** @var string */
     public $name = DatabaseDriver::PGSQL;
 
@@ -110,6 +115,11 @@ class PostgreSQL extends DBEngine
     {
         $db->exec("SET statement_timeout TO ".$time.";");
     }
+
+    public function get_version(PDO $db): string
+    {
+        return $db->query('select version()')->fetch()[0];
+    }
 }
 
 // shimmie functions for export to sqlite
@@ -216,4 +226,9 @@ class SQLite extends DBEngine
     {
         // There doesn't seem to be such a thing for SQLite, so it does nothing
     }
+
+    public function get_version(PDO $db): string
+    {
+        return $db->query('select sqlite_version()')->fetch()[0];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ext/et/main.php b/ext/et/main.php
index 2075f001..c7e3a3ad 100644
--- a/ext/et/main.php
+++ b/ext/et/main.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ET extends Extension
                 'shimmie' => VERSION,
                 'schema'  => $config->get_int("db_version"),
                 'php'     => phpversion(),
-                'db'      => $database->get_driver_name(),
+                'db'      => $database->get_driver_name() . " " . $database->get_version(),
                 'os'      => php_uname(),
                 'server'  => isset($_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"]) ? $_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"] : 'unknown',
             ],