diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e5722a2b..c7f64d6a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([everything],
                               disabled with --disable-target]),
               [SET_IF_UNSET([enable_libwebpdecoder], [$enableval])
                SET_IF_UNSET([enable_libwebpdemux], [$enableval])
+               SET_IF_UNSET([enable_libwebpextras], [$enableval])
                SET_IF_UNSET([enable_libwebpmux], [$enableval])])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([pkgconfigdir], AS_HELP_STRING([--with-pkgconfigdir=DIR],
@@ -527,6 +528,14 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([libwebpdecoder],
 AC_MSG_RESULT(${enable_libwebpdecoder-no})
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_LIBWEBPDECODER], [test "$enable_libwebpdecoder" = "yes"])
 
+dnl === Check whether libwebpextras should be built
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether libwebpextras is to be built)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([libwebpextras],
+              AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-libwebpextras],
+                             [Build libwebpextras @<:@default=no@:>@]))
+AC_MSG_RESULT(${enable_libwebpextras-no})
+AM_CONDITIONAL([WANT_EXTRAS], [test "$enable_libwebpextras" = "yes"])
+
 dnl =========================
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
@@ -535,9 +544,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile man/Makefile \
                  examples/Makefile src/dec/Makefile \
                  src/enc/Makefile src/dsp/Makefile \
                  src/demux/Makefile src/mux/Makefile \
-                 src/utils/Makefile \
+                 src/utils/Makefile src/extras/Makefile \
                  src/libwebp.pc src/libwebpdecoder.pc \
-                 src/demux/libwebpdemux.pc src/mux/libwebpmux.pc])
+                 src/demux/libwebpdemux.pc src/mux/libwebpmux.pc \
+                 src/extras/libwebpextras.pc])
 
 
 AC_OUTPUT
@@ -553,6 +563,7 @@ libwebp: yes
 libwebpdecoder: ${enable_libwebpdecoder-no}
 libwebpdemux: ${enable_libwebpdemux-no}
 libwebpmux: ${enable_libwebpmux-no}
+libwebpextras: ${enable_libwebpextras-no}
 
 Tools:
 cwebp : yes
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index daa6688c..579d7b7a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# The mux and demux libraries depend on libwebp, thus the '.' to force the
-# build order so it's available to them.
+# The mux, demux and extras libraries depend on libwebp, thus the '.' to force
+# the build order so it's available to them.
 SUBDIRS = dec enc dsp utils .
 if WANT_MUX
   SUBDIRS += mux
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ endif
 if WANT_DEMUX
   SUBDIRS += demux
 endif
+if WANT_EXTRAS
+  SUBDIRS += extras
+endif
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libwebp.la
 
diff --git a/src/extras/Makefile.am b/src/extras/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6598676e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extras/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libwebpextras.la
+
+libwebpextras_la_SOURCES =
+libwebpextras_la_SOURCES += extras.c
+
+libwebpextrasinclude_HEADERS =
+libwebpextrasinclude_HEADERS += ../webp/extras.h
+libwebpextrasinclude_HEADERS += ../webp/types.h
+
+libwebpextras_la_LIBADD = ../libwebp.la
+libwebpextras_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info 0:0:0
+libwebpextrasincludedir = $(includedir)/webp
+pkgconfig_DATA = libwebpextras.pc
diff --git a/src/extras/extras.c b/src/extras/extras.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63a38c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extras/extras.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+// that can be found in the COPYING file in the root of the source
+// tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+// in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
+// be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+//  Additional WebP utilities.
+//
+
+#include "../webp/extras.h"
+
+#define XTRA_MAJ_VERSION 0
+#define XTRA_MIN_VERSION 0
+#define XTRA_REV_VERSION 0
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+int WebPGetExtrasVersion(void) {
+  return (XTRA_MAJ_VERSION << 16) | (XTRA_MIN_VERSION << 8) | XTRA_REV_VERSION;
+}
diff --git a/src/extras/libwebpextras.pc.in b/src/extras/libwebpextras.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2e28f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extras/libwebpextras.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: libwebpextras
+Description: Additional utility functions useful in processing WebP files
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Requires: libwebp >= 0.5.0
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lwebpextras
diff --git a/src/webp/extras.h b/src/webp/extras.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b62cd582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webp/extras.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+// that can be found in the COPYING file in the root of the source
+// tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+// in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
+// be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+
+#ifndef WEBP_WEBP_EXTRAS_H_
+#define WEBP_WEBP_EXTRAS_H_
+
+#include "./types.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define WEBP_EXTRAS_ABI_VERSION 0x0000    // MAJOR(8b) + MINOR(8b)
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Returns the version number of the extras library, packed in hexadecimal using
+// 8bits for each of major/minor/revision. E.g: v2.5.7 is 0x020507.
+WEBP_EXTERN(int) WebPGetExtrasVersion(void);
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}    // extern "C"
+#endif
+
+#endif  /* WEBP_WEBP_EXTRAS_H_ */