diff --git a/doc/lua_api.md b/doc/lua_api.md
index 8a6e4ef15..ba19c1e9c 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.md
+++ b/doc/lua_api.md
@@ -5159,6 +5159,8 @@ Utilities
    engine version.  Components:
     * `project`: Name of the project, eg, "Minetest"
     * `string`: Simple version, eg, "1.2.3-dev"
+    * `proto_min`: The minimum supported protocol version
+    * `proto_max`: The maximum supported protocol version
     * `hash`: Full git version (only set if available),
       eg, "1.2.3-dev-01234567-dirty".
     * `is_dev`: Boolean value indicating whether it's a development build
diff --git a/games/devtest/mods/unittests/get_version.lua b/games/devtest/mods/unittests/get_version.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99ddcfde6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/devtest/mods/unittests/get_version.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+unittests.register("test_get_version", function()
+    local version = core.get_version()
+    assert(type(version) == "table")
+    assert(type(version.project) == "string")
+    assert(type(version.string) == "string")
+    assert(type(version.proto_min) == "number")
+    assert(type(version.proto_max) == "number")
+    assert(version.proto_max >= version.proto_min)
+    assert(type(version.hash) == "string")
+    assert(type(version.is_dev) == "boolean")
+end)
diff --git a/games/devtest/mods/unittests/init.lua b/games/devtest/mods/unittests/init.lua
index 8e51b6d3d..edba2c3d2 100644
--- a/games/devtest/mods/unittests/init.lua
+++ b/games/devtest/mods/unittests/init.lua
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ dofile(modpath .. "/crafting.lua")
 dofile(modpath .. "/itemdescription.lua")
 dofile(modpath .. "/async_env.lua")
 dofile(modpath .. "/entity.lua")
+dofile(modpath .. "/get_version.lua")
 dofile(modpath .. "/itemstack_equals.lua")
 dofile(modpath .. "/content_ids.lua")
 dofile(modpath .. "/metadata.lua")
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
index 0d9883bf7..2846f7b3a 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "common/c_converter.h"
 #include "common/c_content.h"
 #include "cpp_api/s_async.h"
+#include "network/networkprotocol.h"
 #include "serialization.h"
 #include <json/json.h>
 #include <zstd.h>
@@ -527,6 +528,12 @@ int ModApiUtil::l_get_version(lua_State *L)
 	lua_pushstring(L, g_version_string);
 	lua_setfield(L, table, "string");
 
+	lua_pushnumber(L, SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION_MIN);
+	lua_setfield(L, table, "proto_min");
+
+	lua_pushnumber(L, SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION_MAX);
+	lua_setfield(L, table, "proto_max");
+
 	if (strcmp(g_version_string, g_version_hash) != 0) {
 		lua_pushstring(L, g_version_hash);
 		lua_setfield(L, table, "hash");