diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index e89e5c0281a23b..631a1458f97624 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1503,6 +1503,21 @@ tarball.
   - `'Argon'` for the 4.x LTS line beginning with 4.2.0.
   - `'Boron'` for the 6.x LTS line beginning with 6.9.0.
   - `'Carbon'` for the 8.x LTS line beginning with 8.9.1.
+* `majorVersion` {number} The major version of Node.js.
+* `minorVersion` {number} The minor version of Node.js.
+* `patchVersion` {number} The patch version of Node.js.
+* `prereleaseTag` {string} The SemVer pre-release tag for Node.js.
+* `computedVersion` {number} A number representing the current version, created
+  using the following method:
+  `(majorVersion << 16) + (minorVersion << 8) + patchVersion`
+* `compareVersion` {function} Perform a SemVer comparison to the release
+  version.
+    * `major`
+    * `minor`
+    * `patch`
+    * Returns: {number} `-1` if the given version is lower than the release version,
+      `0` if the given version matches the process version, and `1` if the given
+      version is greater than the release version.
 
 <!-- eslint-skip -->
 ```js
@@ -1511,7 +1526,12 @@ tarball.
   lts: 'Argon',
   sourceUrl: 'https://nodejs.org/download/release/v4.4.5/node-v4.4.5.tar.gz',
   headersUrl: 'https://nodejs.org/download/release/v4.4.5/node-v4.4.5-headers.tar.gz',
-  libUrl: 'https://nodejs.org/download/release/v4.4.5/win-x64/node.lib'
+  libUrl: 'https://nodejs.org/download/release/v4.4.5/win-x64/node.lib',
+  majorVersion: 4,
+  minorVersion: 4,
+  patchVersion: 5,
+  prereleaseTag: '',
+  computedVersion: 263173,
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index 7d7ca03d36f7ac..4b5498a07da9cf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     _process.setupConfig(NativeModule._source);
     _process.setupSignalHandlers();
     _process.setupUncaughtExceptionCapture(exceptionHandlerState);
+    _process.setupCompareVersion();
     NativeModule.require('internal/process/warning').setup();
     NativeModule.require('internal/process/next_tick').setup();
     NativeModule.require('internal/process/stdio').setup();
diff --git a/lib/internal/process.js b/lib/internal/process.js
index d64fe9877198b8..573ffc1600ff74 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process.js
@@ -269,6 +269,16 @@ function setupUncaughtExceptionCapture(exceptionHandlerState) {
   };
 }
 
+function setupCompareVersion() {
+  const { computedVersion } = process.release;
+  process.release.compareVersion = (major, minor, patch) => {
+    const comp = (major << 16) + (minor << 8) + patch;
+    if (comp === computedVersion)
+      return 0;
+    return comp > computedVersion ? 1 : -1;
+  };
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   setup_performance,
   setup_cpuUsage,
@@ -279,5 +289,6 @@ module.exports = {
   setupSignalHandlers,
   setupChannel,
   setupRawDebug,
-  setupUncaughtExceptionCapture
+  setupUncaughtExceptionCapture,
+  setupCompareVersion,
 };
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index e7dd6669347032..1e1dab2a6d8f4e 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3020,6 +3020,23 @@ void SetupProcessObject(Environment* env,
   READONLY_PROPERTY(release, "name",
                     OneByteString(env->isolate(), NODE_RELEASE));
 
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(release, "majorVersion",
+      Integer::New(env->isolate(), NODE_MAJOR_VERSION));
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(release, "minorVersion",
+      Integer::New(env->isolate(), NODE_MINOR_VERSION));
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(release, "patchVersion",
+      Integer::New(env->isolate(), NODE_PATCH_VERSION));
+
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(release, "prereleaseTag",
+      OneByteString(env->isolate(), NODE_TAG));
+
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(release,
+                    "computedVersion",
+                    Integer::New(env->isolate(),
+                        (NODE_MAJOR_VERSION << 16) +
+                        (NODE_MINOR_VERSION << 8) +
+                        NODE_PATCH_VERSION));
+
 #if NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS
   READONLY_PROPERTY(release, "lts",
                     OneByteString(env->isolate(), NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-release.js b/test/parallel/test-process-release.js
index 8b6bca9141beed..6356b1a7250f7d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-release.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-release.js
@@ -18,3 +18,18 @@ if (versionParts[0] === '4' && versionParts[1] >= 2) {
 } else {
   assert.strictEqual(process.release.lts, undefined);
 }
+
+const {
+  majorVersion: major,
+  minorVersion: minor,
+  patchVersion: patch,
+  computedVersion,
+  compareVersion,
+} = process.release;
+
+assert.strictEqual(
+  (major << 16) + (minor << 8) + patch, computedVersion);
+
+assert.strictEqual(0, compareVersion(major, minor, patch));
+assert.strictEqual(1, compareVersion(major, minor, patch + 1));
+assert.strictEqual(-1, compareVersion(major - 1, minor, patch));