diff --git a/libs/lmdb/test-version.sh b/libs/lmdb/test-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5ec4e2b606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/lmdb/test-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pkg=$1
+ver=$2
+
+case "$pkg" in
+lmdb)
+	exit 0
+	;;
+lmdb-test)
+	exit 0
+	;;
+lmdb-utils)
+	mdb_dump -V 2>&1 | grep -qF "LMDB $ver" || exit 1
+	exit 0
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "test-version.sh: unhandled sub-package '$pkg'" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac