diff --git a/generator/generator.go b/generator/generator.go
index 73a55573..66173c50 100644
--- a/generator/generator.go
+++ b/generator/generator.go
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ import (
 
 // Root describes the generator output root.
 type Root struct {
-	Generator       Generator     `json:"generator"`
-	OtherGenerators []Generator   `json:"otherGenerators"`
-	SchemaPath      string        `json:"schemaPath"`
-	DMMF            dmmf.Document `json:"DMMF"`
-	Datasources     []Datasource  `json:"datasources"`
+	Generator       Generator   `json:"generator"`
+	OtherGenerators []Generator `json:"otherGenerators"`
+	SchemaPath      string      `json:"schemaPath"`
+	// Version contains the version hash of the Prisma engine
+	Version     string        `json:"version"`
+	DMMF        dmmf.Document `json:"DMMF"`
+	Datasources []Datasource  `json:"datasources"`
 	// Datamodel provides the raw string of the Prisma datamodel.
 	Datamodel string `json:"datamodel"`
 	// BinaryPaths (optional)
diff --git a/generator/run.go b/generator/run.go
index c4541c52..9f1ba347 100644
--- a/generator/run.go
+++ b/generator/run.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func addDefaults(input *Root) {
 func Run(input *Root) error {
 	addDefaults(input)
 
+	if input.Version != binaries.EngineVersion {
+		fmt.Printf("\nwarning: prisma CLI version mismatch detected. CLI version: %s, internal version: %s (%s); please see https://github.com/steebchen/prisma-client-go/issues/1099 for details\n\n", input.Version, binaries.EngineVersion, binaries.PrismaVersion)
+	}
+
 	if input.Generator.Config.DisableGitignore != "true" && input.Generator.Config.DisableGoBinaries != "true" {
 		logger.Debug.Printf("writing gitignore file")
 		// generate a gitignore into the folder