diff --git a/test/others/libcriu/lib.c b/test/others/libcriu/lib.c
index 33aa4090d..0c7929cda 100644
--- a/test/others/libcriu/lib.c
+++ b/test/others/libcriu/lib.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
+#include "criu.h"
+
 void what_err_ret_mean(int ret)
 {
 	/* NOTE: errno is set by libcriu */
@@ -44,4 +46,7 @@ int chk_exit(int status, int want)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-
+int get_version()
+{
+	printf("Using a CRIU binary with version %d\n", criu_get_version());
+}
diff --git a/test/others/libcriu/lib.h b/test/others/libcriu/lib.h
index 67b784bff..6fdf8aef2 100644
--- a/test/others/libcriu/lib.h
+++ b/test/others/libcriu/lib.h
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 void what_err_ret_mean(int ret);
 int chk_exit(int status, int want);
+int get_version(void);
diff --git a/test/others/libcriu/test_self.c b/test/others/libcriu/test_self.c
index c9d2a2e64..374a4b545 100644
--- a/test/others/libcriu/test_self.c
+++ b/test/others/libcriu/test_self.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -23,6 +24,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	criu_init_opts();
 	criu_set_service_binary(argv[1]);
+
+	get_version();
+	if (!criu_check_version(31400)) {
+		printf("CRIU version check failed. CRIU too old\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (criu_check_version(INT_MAX)) {
+		printf("CRIU version check failed. CRIU too new.\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	criu_set_images_dir_fd(fd);
 	criu_set_log_level(4);