diff --git a/src/core_ex.cpp b/src/core_ex.cpp
index bb6def49..f39b2829 100644
--- a/src/core_ex.cpp
+++ b/src/core_ex.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ void wxPyCoreModuleInject(PyObject* moduleDict)
     _AddInfoString("autoidman");
 #endif
 
+    wxString sip_version = wxString("sip-") + wxString(SIP_VERSION_STR);
+    obj = wx2PyString(sip_version);
+    PyList_Append(PlatformInfo, obj);
+    Py_DECREF(obj);
+
 #undef _AddInfoString
 
     PyObject* PlatformInfoTuple = PyList_AsTuple(PlatformInfo);