diff --git a/Lib/test/test_readline.py b/Lib/test/test_readline.py
index aabbf54..e009952 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_readline.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_readline.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 
 
 class TestReadline(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(readline._READLINE_VERSION < 0x0600
+                     and "libedit" not in readline.__doc__,
+                     "not supported in this library version")
     def test_init(self):
         # Issue #19884: Ensure that the ANSI sequence "\033[1034h" is not
         # written into stdout when the readline module is imported and stdout
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 20a16c5..06ae7c6 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -1184,4 +1184,7 @@
 
     PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer = call_readline;
     setup_readline();
+
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "_READLINE_VERSION", RL_READLINE_VERSION);
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "_READLINE_RUNTIME_VERSION", rl_readline_version);
 }