diff --git a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt
index d0b0f2a7a93..eec96fc8923 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ open class CommonInteropArguments(val argParser: ArgParser) {
             .multiple().delimiter(",")
     val library by argParser.option(ArgType.String, shortName = "l", description = "library to use for building")
             .multiple()
+    val libraryVersion by argParser.option(ArgType.String, shortName = "lv", description = "resulting interop library version")
+            .default("unspecified")
     val repo by argParser.option(ArgType.String, shortName = "r", description = "repository to resolve dependencies")
             .multiple()
     val mode by argParser.option(ArgType.Choice<GenerationMode>(), description = "the way interop library is generated")
diff --git a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt
index f14dad7f203..89edc1635ff 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ fun createInteropLibrary(
         metadata: KlibModuleMetadata,
         outputPath: String,
         moduleName: String,
+        libraryVersion: String,
         nativeBitcodeFiles: List<String>,
         target: KonanTarget,
         manifest: Properties,
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ fun createInteropLibrary(
         staticLibraries: List<String>
 ) {
     val version = KotlinLibraryVersioning(
-            libraryVersion = null,
+            libraryVersion = libraryVersion,
             abiVersion = KotlinAbiVersion.CURRENT,
             compilerVersion = CompilerVersion.CURRENT.toString(),
             metadataVersion = KlibMetadataVersion.INSTANCE.toString(),
diff --git a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index 99b25bc19e2..f830d603dc0 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ private fun processCLib(
                     nativeBitcodeFiles = compiledFiles + nativeOutputPath,
                     target = tool.target,
                     moduleName = moduleName,
+                    libraryVersion = cinteropArguments.libraryVersion,
                     outputPath = outputPath,
                     manifest = def.manifestAddendProperties,
                     dependencies = stdlibDependency + imports.requiredLibraries.toList(),
diff --git a/kotlin-native/utilities/cli-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/utilities/InteropCompiler.kt b/kotlin-native/utilities/cli-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/utilities/InteropCompiler.kt
index 5853b1bd6f5..d3a5e571591 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/utilities/cli-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/utilities/InteropCompiler.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/utilities/cli-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/utilities/InteropCompiler.kt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ fun invokeInterop(flavor: String, args: Array<String>, runFromDaemon: Boolean):
         (if (nopack) arrayOf("-$NOPACK") else emptyArray()) +
         moduleName?.let { arrayOf("-module-name", it) }.orEmpty() +
         shortModuleName?.let { arrayOf("${K2NativeCompilerArguments.SHORT_MODULE_NAME_ARG}=$it") }.orEmpty() +
+        "-library-version=${arguments.libraryVersion}" +
         arguments.kotlincOption
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeCompilerArgBuilder.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeCompilerArgBuilder.kt
index 9f62bded6c5..379096e204a 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeCompilerArgBuilder.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeCompilerArgBuilder.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ internal class SharedCompilationData(
     val refinesPaths: FileCollection
 )
 
+@Suppress("UNUSED_PARAMETER")
 internal fun buildKotlinNativeKlibCompilerArgs(
     outFile: File,
     optimized: Boolean,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ internal fun buildKotlinNativeKlibCompilerArgs(
     moduleName: String,
     shortModuleName: String,
     friendModule: FileCollection,
+    libraryVersion: String,
     sharedCompilationData: SharedCompilationData?,
     source: FileTree,
     commonSourcesTree: FileTree
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ internal fun buildKotlinNativeKlibCompilerArgs(
         addArg("-friend-modules", friends.joinToString(File.pathSeparator) { it.absolutePath })
     }
 
+    // TODO: uncomment after advancing bootstrap.
+    //add("-library-version=libraryVersion")
+
     if (sharedCompilationData != null) {
         val refinesPaths = sharedCompilationData.refinesPaths.files
         if (refinesPaths.isNotEmpty()) {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt
index eb761fbd85f..7a7960d56ee 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlinNativeCompile<
     val kotlinNativeVersion: String
         get() = project.konanVersion.toString()
 
+    @get:Input
+    val artifactVersion = project.version.toString()
+
     @get:Input
     internal val useEmbeddableCompilerJar: Boolean
         get() = project.nativeUseEmbeddableCompilerJar
@@ -487,6 +490,7 @@ internal constructor(
             moduleName,
             shortModuleName,
             friendModule,
+            artifactVersion,
             createSharedCompilationDataOrNull(),
             sources.asFileTree,
             commonSourcesTree
@@ -987,6 +991,10 @@ open class CInteropProcess @Inject internal constructor(params: Params) : Defaul
     @get:Input
     val konanVersion: CompilerVersion = project.konanVersion
 
+    @Suppress("unused")
+    @get:Input
+    val libraryVersion = project.version.toString()
+
     @Suppress("unused")
     @get:Input
     val interopName: String = params.settings.name
@@ -1089,6 +1097,9 @@ open class CInteropProcess @Inject internal constructor(params: Params) : Defaul
                 addArg("-Xmodule-name", moduleName)
             }
 
+            // TODO: uncomment after advancing bootstrap.
+            //addArg("-libraryVersion", libraryVersion)
+
             addAll(extraOpts)
         }