diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a6f840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Gitlab repository
+REPO="xorg/lib/libxaw"
+
+# Replace slash with URL encoded representation
+REPO=$(echo "$REPO" | sed 's|/|%2F|g')
+
+# Get tag name using Gitlab Rest API
+TAG_NAME=$(curl -s -L https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/api/v4/projects/"$REPO"/repository/tags | jq -r '.[0].name')
+
+# Get version number from tag name
+VERSION=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | rev | cut -d'-' -f1 | rev)
+
+# Trim 'v' character in VERSION variable
+VERSION=$(echo "$VERSION" | tr -d 'v')
+
+echo "$VERSION"
diff --git a/pkg.info b/pkg.info
index 641b84e..e74014b 100644
--- a/pkg.info
+++ b/pkg.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: libxaw
 description: X11 Athena Widget library
-version: 1.0.15
+version: 1.0.16
 url: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxaw
 license: HPND,HPND-sell-variant,MIT-open-group,NTP,SMLNJ,X11
 architecture: any