diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3a8cc00e..a3dc51aa 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -112,9 +112,15 @@ task :minify => [:init, :concat, :concat_scenario] do
 end
 
 
-desc 'Generate version.txt file'
+desc 'Generate version.txt and version.json files'
 task :version => [:init] do
   `echo #{NG_VERSION.full} > #{path_to('version.txt')}`
+  `echo '{
+  "full": "#{NG_VERSION.full}",
+  "major": "#{NG_VERSION.major}",
+  "minor": "#{NG_VERSION.minor}",
+  "dot": "#{NG_VERSION.dot}",
+  "codename": "#{NG_VERSION.codename}"\n}' > #{path_to('version.json')}`
 end