diff --git a/openerp/service/web_services.py b/openerp/service/web_services.py
index 41951cc9fc3..5f0a1dccff9 100644
--- a/openerp/service/web_services.py
+++ b/openerp/service/web_services.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import openerp.exceptions
     procedures to be called. Each method has its own arguments footprint.
 """
 
+RPC_VERSION_1 = {'server_version': '6.1', 'protocol_version': 1}
+
 # This should be moved to openerp.modules.db, along side initialize().
 def _initialize_db(serv, id, db_name, demo, lang, user_password):
     cr = None
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ class common(netsvc.ExportService):
             return res or False
         elif method in ['about', 'timezone_get', 'get_server_environment',
                         'login_message','get_stats', 'check_connectivity',
-                        'list_http_services']:
+                        'list_http_services', 'version']:
             pass
         elif method in ['get_available_updates', 'get_migration_scripts', 'set_loglevel', 'get_os_time', 'get_sqlcount']:
             passwd = params[0]
@@ -389,6 +391,9 @@ class common(netsvc.ExportService):
         fn = getattr(self, 'exp_'+method)
         return fn(*params)
 
+    def exp_version(self):
+        return RPC_VERSION_1
+
     def exp_about(self, extended=False):
         """Return information about the OpenERP Server.
 
diff --git a/openerp/wsgi.py b/openerp/wsgi.py
index d8ed642cb82..b7a948f0620 100644
--- a/openerp/wsgi.py
+++ b/openerp/wsgi.py
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ XML_RPC_PATH_1 = '/openerp/xmlrpc/1'
 JSON_RPC_PATH = '/openerp/jsonrpc'
 JSON_RPC_PATH_1 = '/openerp/jsonrpc/1'
 
-XML_RPC_VERSION_1 = {'server_version': '6.1', 'protocol_version': 1}
-
 def xmlrpc_return(start_response, service, method, params, legacy_exceptions=False):
     """
     Helper to call a service's method with some params, using a wsgi-supplied
@@ -208,9 +206,7 @@ def wsgi_xmlrpc(environ, start_response):
         # All routes are hard-coded.
 
         if len(path) == 1 and path[0] == '' and method in ('version',):
-            response = xmlrpclib.dumps((XML_RPC_VERSION_1,), methodresponse=1, allow_none=False, encoding=None)
-            start_response("200 OK", [('Content-Type','text/xml'), ('Content-Length', str(len(response)))])
-            return [response]
+            return xmlrpc_return(start_response, 'common', method, ())
 
         # The body has been read, need to raise an exception (not return None).
         fault = xmlrpclib.Fault(XML_RPC_FAULT_CODE_CLIENT_ERROR, '')