diff --git a/lib/binary/reflector.h b/lib/binary/reflector.h
index 89c47d6..1fe33c7 100644
--- a/lib/binary/reflector.h
+++ b/lib/binary/reflector.h
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ template <typename T> struct AdaptedBinarySerializable : public Traits::Bool<fal
 
 template <typename Type> struct BinarySerializable;
 
+template <typename Type> struct BinarySerializableMeta {
+    static constexpr std::uint64_t version = 0;
+};
+
 /*!
  * \brief The BinaryReflector namespace contains BinaryReader and BinaryWriter for automatic binary (de)serialization.
  */
diff --git a/lib/binary/serializable.h b/lib/binary/serializable.h
index 741c3e2..01a1825 100644
--- a/lib/binary/serializable.h
+++ b/lib/binary/serializable.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ template <typename Type> struct BinarySerializable {
     static Type fromBinary(std::istream &inputStream);
 
     static constexpr const char *qualifiedName = "ReflectiveRapidJSON::BinarySerializable";
+    static constexpr auto version = BinarySerializableMeta<Type>::version;
 };
 
 template <typename Type> inline void BinarySerializable<Type>::toBinary(std::ostream &outputStream) const
@@ -53,6 +54,14 @@ template <typename Type> Type BinarySerializable<Type>::fromBinary(std::istream
     template <> struct ReflectiveRapidJSON::AdaptedBinarySerializable<T> : Traits::Bool<true> {                                                      \
     }
 
+/*!
+ * \def The REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_DECLARE_BINARY_SERIALIZABLE_VERSION macro allows to declare the version of a BinarySerializable.
+ */
+#define REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_DECLARE_BINARY_SERIALIZABLE_VERSION(T, v)                                                                               \
+    template <> struct ReflectiveRapidJSON::BinarySerializableMeta<T> {                                                                              \
+        static constexpr std::uint64_t version = v;                                                                                                  \
+    }
+
 } // namespace ReflectiveRapidJSON
 
 #endif // REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_BINARY_SERIALIZABLE_H