diff --git a/ext/xslt/php_sablot.h b/ext/xslt/php_sablot.h
index 97e2dc6391f..513c6287ead 100644
--- a/ext/xslt/php_sablot.h
+++ b/ext/xslt/php_sablot.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_process);
 PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_error);
 PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_errno);
 PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_free);
+PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_backend_version);
+PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_backend_name);
 
 struct scheme_handlers {
 	zval *get_all;
diff --git a/ext/xslt/sablot.c b/ext/xslt/sablot.c
index 7517dd870e5..7cc8661c8ac 100644
--- a/ext/xslt/sablot.c
+++ b/ext/xslt/sablot.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ function_entry xslt_functions[] = {
 	PHP_FE(xslt_error,               NULL)
 	PHP_FE(xslt_errno,               NULL)
 	PHP_FE(xslt_free,                NULL)
+	PHP_FE(xslt_backend_version,     NULL)
+	PHP_FE(xslt_backend_name,     	 NULL)
 	{NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
 /* }}} */
@@ -608,6 +610,26 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_free)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+/* {{{ proto void xslt_backend_version()
+   Returns the version number of Sablotron (if available) */
+PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_backend_version)
+{
+#ifdef SAB_VERSION
+	RETURN_STRING(SAB_VERSION,1);
+#else
+	RETURN_FALSE;
+#endif	
+}
+/* }}} */
+
+/* {{{ proto void xslt_backend_name()
+   Returns the name of the Backend (here "Sablotron")*/
+PHP_FUNCTION(xslt_backend_name)
+{
+	RETURN_STRING("Sablotron",1);
+}
+/* }}} */
+
 /* {{{ free_processor()
    Free an XSLT processor */
 static void free_processor(zend_rsrc_list_entry *rsrc TSRMLS_DC)