diff --git a/inc/decrypt.h b/inc/decrypt.h
index 224d6bf..bceeb47 100644
--- a/inc/decrypt.h
+++ b/inc/decrypt.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 extern char * (*decrypt_data) (uint8_t *data, uint32_t size, struct ldb_table table, uint8_t *key, uint8_t *subkey);
 extern void  (*decrypt_mz) (uint8_t *data, uint32_t len);
+extern void (*encoder_version) (char * version);
 
 char * standalone_decrypt_data(uint8_t *data, uint32_t size,struct ldb_table table, uint8_t *key, uint8_t *subkey);
 
diff --git a/src/decrypt.c b/src/decrypt.c
index 16e2027..a91372d 100644
--- a/src/decrypt.c
+++ b/src/decrypt.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 char * (*decrypt_data) (uint8_t *data, uint32_t size, struct ldb_table table, uint8_t *key, uint8_t *subkey);
 void  (*decrypt_mz) (uint8_t *data, uint32_t len);
+void (*encoder_version) (char * version);
 /**
  * @brief Decrypt data function pointer. Will be executed for the ldb_fetch_recordset function in each iteration. See LDB documentation for more details.
  * @param data //TODO  
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 1043df0..43d9850 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -229,9 +229,10 @@ bool lib_encoder_load()
 		scanlog("Lib scanoss-enocder present\n");
 		decrypt_data = dlsym(lib_encoder_handle, "scanoss_decode_table");
 		decrypt_mz = dlsym(lib_encoder_handle, "scanoss_decode_mz");
+		encoder_version = dlsym(lib_encoder_handle, "scanoss_encoder_version");
 		if ((err = dlerror())) 
 		{
-			printf("%s\n", err);
+			printf("%s - You may need to update libscanoss_encoder.so\n", err);
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 		return true;
@@ -377,7 +378,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				quiet = true;
 				scanlog("Quiet mode enabled. Displaying only debugging info via STDERR.\n");
 				if (lib_encoder_present)
-					scanlog("Lib encoder present.\n");
+				{
+					char version[32] = "\0";
+					encoder_version(version);
+					scanlog("Lib encoder present - version %s\n", version);
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case 'd':