diff --git a/dpctl-capi/include/Config/dpctl_config.h.in b/dpctl-capi/include/Config/dpctl_config.h.in
index eed64d54d6..8fc464cb40 100644
--- a/dpctl-capi/include/Config/dpctl_config.h.in
+++ b/dpctl-capi/include/Config/dpctl_config.h.in
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 #cmakedefine DPCTL_ENABLE_LO_PROGRAM_CREATION @DPCTL_ENABLE_LO_PROGRAM_CREATION@
 
 /* The DPCPP version used to build dpctl */
-#define DPCTL_DPCPP_VERSION "@DPCPP_VERSION@"
+#define DPCTL_DPCPP_VERSION "@IntelSycl_VERSION@"
diff --git a/dpctl-capi/include/dpctl_service.h b/dpctl-capi/include/dpctl_service.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e66c1a1c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpctl-capi/include/dpctl_service.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//===- dpctl_service.h - C API for service functions   -*-C++-*- ===//
+//
+//                      Data Parallel Control (dpctl)
+//
+// Copyright 2020-2021 Intel Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This header defines dpctl service functions.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Support/DllExport.h"
+#include "Support/ExternC.h"
+#include "Support/MemOwnershipAttrs.h"
+
+DPCTL_C_EXTERN_C_BEGIN
+/**
+ * @defgroup Service Service functions
+ */
+
+/*!
+ * @brief Get version of DPC++ toolchain the library was compiled with.
+ *
+ * @return A C string containing the version of DPC++ toolchain.
+ * @ingroup Service
+ */
+DPCTL_API
+__dpctl_give const char *DPCTLService_GetDPCPPVersion(void);
+
+DPCTL_C_EXTERN_C_END
diff --git a/dpctl-capi/source/dpctl_service.cpp b/dpctl-capi/source/dpctl_service.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9b6816f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpctl-capi/source/dpctl_service.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+//===- dpctl_service.cpp - C API for service functions   -*-C++-*- ===//
+//
+//                      Data Parallel Control (dpctl)
+//
+// Copyright 2020-2021 Intel Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This header defines dpctl service functions.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "dpctl_service.h"
+#include "Config/dpctl_config.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+
+__dpctl_give const char *DPCTLService_GetDPCPPVersion(void)
+{
+    std::string version = DPCTL_DPCPP_VERSION;
+    char *version_cstr = nullptr;
+    try {
+        auto cstr_len = version.length() + 1;
+        version_cstr = new char[cstr_len];
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        strncpy_s(version_cstr, cstr_len, version.c_str(), cstr_len);
+#else
+        std::strncpy(version_cstr, version.c_str(), cstr_len);
+#endif
+    } catch (std::bad_alloc const &ba) {
+        // \todo log error
+        std::cerr << ba.what() << '\n';
+    }
+    return version_cstr;
+}
diff --git a/dpctl-capi/tests/test_service.cpp b/dpctl-capi/tests/test_service.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe357514e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpctl-capi/tests/test_service.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//===--- test_service.cpp - Test cases for sevice functions  ===//
+//
+//                      Data Parallel Control (dpctl)
+//
+// Copyright 2020-2021 Intel Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This file has unit test cases for functions defined in
+/// dpctl_service.h.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "Config/dpctl_config.h"
+#include "dpctl_service.h"
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <string>
+
+#define ASSTR(a) TOSTR(a)
+#define TOSTR(a) #a
+
+TEST(TestServicesFns, ChkDPCPPVersion)
+{
+    auto c_ver = DPCTLService_GetDPCPPVersion();
+    std::string ver = std::string(c_ver);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(ver.length() > 0);
+
+    std::string ver_from_cmplr(ASSTR(__VERSION__));
+    std::size_t found = ver_from_cmplr.find(ver);
+
+    // version returned by DPCTLService_GetDPCPPVersion
+    // should occur as a substring in the version obtained
+    // from compiler
+    ASSERT_TRUE(found != std::string::npos);
+}