diff --git a/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h b/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h
index 6ae21a212..d159142c4 100644
--- a/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h
+++ b/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "IrrCompileConfig.h"
 #include "position2d.h"
 #include "SColor.h" // video::ECOLOR_FORMAT
+#include <string>
 #include <variant>
 
 namespace irr
@@ -332,6 +333,12 @@ public:
 	used. */
 	virtual E_DEVICE_TYPE getType() const = 0;
 
+	//! Get the version string of the underlying system (e.g. SDL)
+	virtual std::string getVersionString() const
+	{
+		return "";
+	}
+
 	//! Get the display density in dots per inch.
 	//! Returns 0.0f on failure.
 	virtual float getDisplayDensity() const = 0;
diff --git a/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h b/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h
index 8a7e5f680..33d97ce56 100644
--- a/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h
+++ b/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ public:
 		return EIDT_SDL;
 	}
 
+	//! Get the SDL version
+	std::string getVersionString() const override
+	{
+		SDL_version ver;
+		SDL_GetVersion(&ver);
+		return std::to_string(ver.major) + "." + std::to_string(ver.minor) + "." + std::to_string(ver.patch);
+	}
+
 	//! Get the display density in dots per inch.
 	float getDisplayDensity() const override;
 
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
index 7070952e6..240927a4a 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_mainmenu.cpp
@@ -945,8 +945,9 @@ int ModApiMainMenu::l_get_active_renderer(lua_State *L)
 /******************************************************************************/
 int ModApiMainMenu::l_get_active_irrlicht_device(lua_State *L)
 {
-	const char *device_name = [] {
-		switch (RenderingEngine::get_raw_device()->getType()) {
+	auto device = RenderingEngine::get_raw_device();
+	std::string device_name = [device] {
+		switch (device->getType()) {
 		case EIDT_WIN32: return "WIN32";
 		case EIDT_X11: return "X11";
 		case EIDT_OSX: return "OSX";
@@ -955,7 +956,9 @@ int ModApiMainMenu::l_get_active_irrlicht_device(lua_State *L)
 		default: return "Unknown";
 		}
 	}();
-	lua_pushstring(L, device_name);
+	if (auto version = device->getVersionString(); !version.empty())
+		device_name.append(" " + version);
+	lua_pushstring(L, device_name.c_str());
 	return 1;
 }