diff --git a/IPython/__init__.py b/IPython/__init__.py
index 1d7698e..fa3eb25 100644
--- a/IPython/__init__.py
+++ b/IPython/__init__.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ for author, email in release.authors.itervalues():
     __author__ += author + ' <' + email + '>\n'
 __license__  = release.license
 __version__  = release.version
+version_info = release.version_info
 
 def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None, **kwargs):
     """Embed and start an IPython kernel in a given scope.
diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index 720edc7..fa6f434 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ name = 'ipython'
 # version
 _version_major = 0
 _version_minor = 14
-_version_micro = ''  # use '' for first of series, number for 1 and above
+_version_micro = 0  # use 0 for first of series, number for 1 and above
 _version_extra = 'dev'
 #_version_extra = 'rc1'
 # _version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ if _version_extra:
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, _ver))
 
 version = __version__  # backwards compatibility name
+version_info = (_version_major, _version_minor, _version_micro, _version_extra)
 
 description = "IPython: Productive Interactive Computing"