diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fc3dcb14b..3645176174 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 * @gkatsev Fixed issue where ManualTimeUpdatesOff was not de-registering events ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1793))
 * @brycefisher Added a guide on player disposal ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1803))
 * @toniher added a Catalan translation ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1794))
+* @mmcc added a VERSION key to the videojs object ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1798))
 
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 2fa11565e3..f62503d8f0 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     });
     // Replace CDN version ref in js. Use major/minor version.
     combined = combined.replace(/GENERATED_CDN_VSN/g, version.majorMinor);
+    combined = combined.replace(/GENERATED_FULL_VSN/g, version.full);
 
     grunt.file.write('build/files/combined.video.js', combined);
 
diff --git a/src/js/core.js b/src/js/core.js
index 51e17ab1ad..76e0f53ed6 100644
--- a/src/js/core.js
+++ b/src/js/core.js
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ var videojs = window['videojs'] = vjs;
 vjs.CDN_VERSION = 'GENERATED_CDN_VSN';
 vjs.ACCESS_PROTOCOL = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://');
 
+/**
+* Full player version
+* @type {string}
+*/
+vjs['VERSION'] = 'GENERATED_FULL_VSN';
+
 /**
  * Global Player instance options, surfaced from vjs.Player.prototype.options_
  * vjs.options = vjs.Player.prototype.options_