diff --git a/spacy-nlp b/spacy-nlp
index d451dae..8b7a39c 100755
--- a/spacy-nlp
+++ b/spacy-nlp
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ xml_head = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n\
 <metadata\n\
     spacyVersion="{spacy_version}"
     spacyModel="{spacy_model}"
+    spacyModelVersion="{spacy_model_version}"
     md5HashOfInput="{md5_hash}">\n'''.format(md5_hash=md5_hash,
                                              spacy_version=spacy.__version__,
-                                             spacy_model=SPACY_MODELS[args.language])
+                                             spacy_model=SPACY_MODELS[args.language],
+                                             spacy_model_version=nlp.meta['version'])
 
 with open(output_file_original_filename, 'w+') as output_file_original, \
      open(output_file_stand_off_filename, 'w+') as output_file_stand_off: