diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java
index ec4b2fe6..2bb58f7a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/fmod3/FMOD.java
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ public class FMOD {
 
 	/** Version of FMOD */
 	public static final String VERSION = "1.0beta3";
+	
+	/** Current version of the JNI library */
+	static final int JNI_VERSION = 1;	
 
 	static {
 		initialize();
@@ -211,10 +214,10 @@ public class FMOD {
 		loadLibrary(JNI_LIBRARY_NAME);
 
 		// check for mismatch
-		String nativeVersion = getNativeLibraryVersion();
-		if (!nativeVersion.equals(VERSION)) {
+		int nativeVersion = getNativeLibraryVersion();
+		if (nativeVersion != JNI_VERSION) {
 			throw new LinkageError(
-					"Version mismatch: jar version is '" + VERSION + 
+					"Version mismatch: jar version is '" + JNI_VERSION + 
 					"', native libary version is '" + nativeVersion + "'");
 		}
 
@@ -242,7 +245,7 @@ public class FMOD {
 	/**
 	 * Return the version of the native library
 	 */
-	private static native String getNativeLibraryVersion();  
+	private static native int getNativeLibraryVersion();  
 
 	/**
 	 * @return true if AL has been created
diff --git a/src/native/common/fmod3/org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD.c b/src/native/common/fmod3/org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD.c
index a9d64a83..fc690d16 100644
--- a/src/native/common/fmod3/org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD.c
+++ b/src/native/common/fmod3/org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD.c
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ static const char* VERSION = "1.0beta3";
 /*
  * Class:     org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD
  * Method:    getNativeLibraryVersion
- * Signature: ()Ljava/lang/String;
+ * Signature: ()I
  */
-JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD_getNativeLibraryVersion(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz) {
-  return NewStringNative(env, VERSION);
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD_getNativeLibraryVersion(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz) {
+  return org_lwjgl_fmod3_FMOD_JNI_VERSION;
 }
 
 /*