diff --git a/py/modsys.c b/py/modsys.c
index 10efd6004d..41ade1f275 100644
--- a/py/modsys.c
+++ b/py/modsys.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "runtime.h"
 #include "objlist.h"
 #include "objtuple.h"
+#include "objstr.h"
 
 #if MICROPY_ENABLE_MOD_SYS
 
@@ -20,13 +21,15 @@ mp_obj_list_t mp_sys_path_obj;
 mp_obj_list_t mp_sys_argv_obj;
 #define I(n) MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(n)
 // TODO: CPython is now at 5-element array, but save 2 els so far...
-STATIC const mp_obj_tuple_t mp_sys_version_info_obj = {{&mp_type_tuple}, 3, {I(3), I(3), I(5)}};
+STATIC const mp_obj_tuple_t mp_sys_version_info_obj = {{&mp_type_tuple}, 3, {I(3), I(4), I(0)}};
 #undef I
+STATIC const MP_DEFINE_STR_OBJ(version_obj, "3.4.0");
 
 STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_module_sys_globals_table[] = {
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_sys) },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_path), (mp_obj_t)&mp_sys_path_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_argv), (mp_obj_t)&mp_sys_argv_obj },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_version), (mp_obj_t)&version_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_version_info), (mp_obj_t)&mp_sys_version_info_obj },
 #if MP_ENDIANNESS_LITTLE
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_byteorder), MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_little) },
diff --git a/py/qstrdefs.h b/py/qstrdefs.h
index c2d538d1f1..80cf681ae7 100644
--- a/py/qstrdefs.h
+++ b/py/qstrdefs.h
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ Q(little)
 Q(stdin)
 Q(stdout)
 Q(stderr)
+Q(version)
 Q(version_info)
 #endif