diff --git a/LCS/pyparameterset/configure.in b/LCS/pyparameterset/configure.in
index e4106ad331fed9d96d80e3a3e7cbe310affdeaeb..ccb2347f6e0a3473e2ead8140b9d5d2fa72e0c21 100644
--- a/LCS/pyparameterset/configure.in
+++ b/LCS/pyparameterset/configure.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dnl
 lofar_GENERAL
 lofar_INTERNAL(LCS/ACC/APS,APS,,1,APS/ParameterSet.h)
 lofar_INTERNAL(LCS/Common,Common,,1,Common/LofarTypedefs.h)
-lofar_INTERNAL(LCS/pytools,pytools,,1,pytools/Package__Version.h)
+lofar_INTERNAL(LCS/pytools,pytools,,,,"")
 
 lofar_EXTERNAL(pyrap,1,pyrap/Converters/PycBasicData.h)
 lofar_AIPSPP(1,"-lcasa")
diff --git a/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py b/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py
index cf5cbd16d8ad0558638f72e2a700023329af2459..2d46d56844aa4c95e683c540001f2ad97b23cc94 100755
--- a/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py
+++ b/LCS/pyparameterset/src/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
 from _pyparameterset import ParameterValue
-from _pyparameterset import ParameterSet
+from _pyparameterset import PyParameterSet
 
 
 class parametervalue(ParameterValue):
@@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ class parametervalue(ParameterValue):
         return self.get()
 
 
-class parameterset(ParameterSet):
+class parameterset(PyParameterSet):
     """
     The Python interface to ParameterSet
     """
 
     def __init__(self, filename=None, caseInsensitive=False):
         if filename==None:
-            ParameterSet.__init__ (self, caseInsensitive);
+            PyParameterSet.__init__ (self, caseInsensitive);
         elif isinstance(filename, bool):
-            ParameterSet.__init__ (self, filename);
+            PyParameterSet.__init__ (self, filename);
         else:
-            ParameterSet.__init__ (self, filename, caseInsensitive);
+            PyParameterSet.__init__ (self, filename, caseInsensitive);
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         return self.get (key)
diff --git a/LCS/pyparameterset/src/pyparameterset.cc b/LCS/pyparameterset/src/pyparameterset.cc
index 569b11624b2e3d1bf8372ac4348fed24115bb948..3f624521070d34023cb43b8d86d2ff1df0eab972 100644
--- a/LCS/pyparameterset/src/pyparameterset.cc
+++ b/LCS/pyparameterset/src/pyparameterset.cc
@@ -29,11 +29,29 @@
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
 #include <boost/python/args.hpp>
 
+#include "Package__Version.cc"
+
 using namespace boost::python;
 using namespace casa::pyrap;
 
 namespace LOFAR { namespace ACC { namespace APS {
 
+  class PyParameterSet : public ParameterSet
+  {
+  public:
+    PyParameterSet()
+      : ParameterSet()
+    {}
+    PyParameterSet (bool caseInsensitive)
+      : ParameterSet (caseInsensitive)
+    {}
+    PyParameterSet (const string& fileName, bool caseInsensitive)
+      : ParameterSet (fileName, caseInsensitive)
+    {}
+    string version (const string& type) const
+      { return Version::getInfo<pyparametersetVersion> (type); }
+  };
+
   // Define function pointers for overloaded functions to be able to tell
   // boost-python which function to take.
   void (ParameterSet::*fadd)(const string&, const string&) =
@@ -115,10 +133,12 @@ namespace LOFAR { namespace ACC { namespace APS {
   // Define the python interface to ParameterSet.
   void pyparameterset()
   {
-    class_<ParameterSet> ("ParameterSet")
+    class_<PyParameterSet> ("PyParameterSet")
       .def (init<bool>())
       .def (init<std::string, bool>())
 
+      .def ("version", &PyParameterSet::version,
+            (boost::python::arg("type")="other"))
       .def ("size", &ParameterSet::size)
       .def ("__len__", &ParameterSet::size)
       .def ("makeSubset", &ParameterSet::makeSubset,
diff --git a/LCS/pyparameterset/test/tpyparameterset.py b/LCS/pyparameterset/test/tpyparameterset.py
index f89cefb54605c96682e569fe1cfef00a6043e874..3bc8777118042041c8051aea4338f80d8e5e3d73 100644
--- a/LCS/pyparameterset/test/tpyparameterset.py
+++ b/LCS/pyparameterset/test/tpyparameterset.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ print ""
 
 # Create and check a new parset using same keys/values as in parset file.
 ps=parameterset()
+print ">>>"
+print ps.version("tree")
+print ps.version("full")
+print ps.version("top")
+print ps.version()
+print "<<<"
 ps.add ("a.b", "7")
 ps.add ("a.b.lange_naam", "dit is nu een andere naam geworden met extra spaties aan het einde  ")
 ps.add ("a.b.c", "5")