diff --git a/dlls/fusion/assembly.c b/dlls/fusion/assembly.c
index a3abc4e98d8..418d3b1c3d7 100644
--- a/dlls/fusion/assembly.c
+++ b/dlls/fusion/assembly.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static HRESULT parse_metadata_header(ASSEMBLY *assembly, DWORD *hdrsz)
     size = FIELD_OFFSET(METADATAHDR, Version);
     memcpy(assembly->metadatahdr, metadatahdr, size);
 
-    /* we don't care about the version string */
+    assembly->metadatahdr->Version = (LPSTR)&metadatahdr->Version;
 
     ofs = FIELD_OFFSET(METADATAHDR, Flags);
     ptr += FIELD_OFFSET(METADATAHDR, Version) + metadatahdr->VersionLength + 1;
@@ -901,3 +901,9 @@ done:
 
     return hr;
 }
+
+HRESULT assembly_get_runtime_version(ASSEMBLY *assembly, LPSTR *version)
+{
+    *version = assembly->metadatahdr->Version;
+    return S_OK;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/fusion/fusionpriv.h b/dlls/fusion/fusionpriv.h
index 8d51f5d0404..a262d72face 100644
--- a/dlls/fusion/fusionpriv.h
+++ b/dlls/fusion/fusionpriv.h
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ HRESULT assembly_get_path(const ASSEMBLY *assembly, LPWSTR *path) DECLSPEC_HIDDE
 HRESULT assembly_get_version(ASSEMBLY *assembly, LPWSTR *version) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BYTE assembly_get_architecture(ASSEMBLY *assembly) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 HRESULT assembly_get_pubkey_token(ASSEMBLY *assembly, LPWSTR *token) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+HRESULT assembly_get_runtime_version(ASSEMBLY *assembly, LPSTR *version) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
 extern HRESULT IAssemblyName_SetPath(IAssemblyName *iface, LPCWSTR path) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern HRESULT IAssemblyName_GetPath(IAssemblyName *iface, LPWSTR buf, ULONG *len) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;