diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/version.js b/core/modules/widgets/version.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..965db3d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/widget/version.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: widget
+
+Implements the version widget.
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+var VersionWidget = function(renderer) {
+	// Save state
+	this.renderer = renderer;
+	// Generate child nodes
+	this.generate();
+};
+
+VersionWidget.prototype.generate = function() {
+	// Set the element
+	this.tag = "span";
+	this.attributes = {};
+	this.children = this.renderer.renderTree.createRenderers(this.renderer.renderContext,[{
+		type: "text",
+		text: $tw.version
+	}]);
+};
+
+exports.version = VersionWidget;
+
+})();
diff --git a/core/templates/tiddlywiki5.template.html.tid b/core/templates/tiddlywiki5.template.html.tid
index 47b62f96e..72a380420 100644
--- a/core/templates/tiddlywiki5.template.html.tid
+++ b/core/templates/tiddlywiki5.template.html.tid
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ title: $:/core/templates/tiddlywiki5.template.html
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
 <meta name="application-name" content="TiddlyWiki" />
 <meta name="generator" content="TiddlyWiki" />
-<meta name="tiddlywiki-version" content="{{version}}" />
+<meta name="tiddlywiki-version" content="{{$:/core/templates/version}}" />
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
 <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
 <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent" />
diff --git a/core/templates/version.tid b/core/templates/version.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1533b7af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/templates/version.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title: $:/core/templates/version
+
+<$version/>
\ No newline at end of file