diff --git a/loxi_front_end/frontend.py b/loxi_front_end/frontend.py
index a84508a..545b5bc 100644
--- a/loxi_front_end/frontend.py
+++ b/loxi_front_end/frontend.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
         elif m_ast[2] == 'actions_len':
             # HACK only usage so far
             return ir.OFFieldLengthMember(name=m_ast[2], oftype=get_type(m_ast[1], ctx), field_name='actions')
+        if m_ast[2] == 'version': # Should be moved to parser
+            return ir.OFVersionMember(name=m_ast[2], oftype=get_type(m_ast[1], ctx))
         else:
             return ir.OFDataMember(name=m_ast[2], oftype=get_type(m_ast[1], ctx))
     elif m_ast[0] == 'discriminator':
diff --git a/loxi_front_end/frontend_ir.py b/loxi_front_end/frontend_ir.py
index a927f94..af3f223 100644
--- a/loxi_front_end/frontend_ir.py
+++ b/loxi_front_end/frontend_ir.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     'OFLengthMember',
     'OFFieldLengthMember',
     'OFPadMember',
+    'OFVersionMember',
     'OFEnum',
     'OFEnumEntry'
 ]
@@ -128,6 +129,16 @@
 OFPadMember = namedtuple('OFPadMember', ['length'])
 
 """
+Field with the version of an OpenFlow object
+
+@param name
+@param oftype C-like type string
+
+Example: hello.version
+"""
+OFVersionMember = namedtuple('OFVersionMember', ['name', 'oftype'])
+
+"""
 An OpenFlow enumeration
 
 All values are Python ints.