diff --git a/examples/examplevm/examplevm.c b/examples/examplevm/examplevm.c
index 78b1018..4629ee5 100644
--- a/examples/examplevm/examplevm.c
+++ b/examples/examplevm/examplevm.c
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ struct evmc_instance* examplevm_create()
 {
     struct evmc_instance init = {
         .abi_version = EVMC_ABI_VERSION,
+        .name = "examplevm",
+        .version = "0.0.0",
         .destroy = evmc_destroy,
         .execute = execute,
         .set_option = evmc_set_option,
diff --git a/include/evmc.h b/include/evmc.h
index 712dbc6..b4789a6 100644
--- a/include/evmc.h
+++ b/include/evmc.h
@@ -549,6 +549,16 @@ struct evmc_instance
     /// represented by this file is in ::EVMC_ABI_VERSION.
     const int abi_version;
 
+    /// The name of the EVMC VM implementation.
+    ///
+    /// It MUST be a NULL-terminated not empty string.
+    const char* name;
+
+    /// The version of the EVMC VM implementation, e.g. "1.2.3b4".
+    ///
+    /// It MUST be a NULL-terminated not empty string.
+    const char* version;
+
     /// Pointer to function destroying the EVM instance.
     evmc_destroy_fn destroy;
 
diff --git a/test/vmtester/tests.cpp b/test/vmtester/tests.cpp
index a316395..0fa5141 100644
--- a/test/vmtester/tests.cpp
+++ b/test/vmtester/tests.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "vmtester.hpp"
 
+#include <cstring>
+
 TEST_F(evmc_vm_test, abi_version_match)
 {
     ASSERT_EQ(vm->abi_version, EVMC_ABI_VERSION);
@@ -27,4 +29,16 @@ TEST_F(evmc_vm_test, set_option_empty_value)
         int r = vm->set_option(vm, "unknown_option_csk9twq", nullptr);
         EXPECT_EQ(r, 0);
     }
+}
+
+TEST_F(evmc_vm_test, name)
+{
+    ASSERT_NE(vm->name, nullptr);
+    EXPECT_GT(std::strlen(vm->name), 0) << "VM name cannot be empty";
+}
+
+TEST_F(evmc_vm_test, version)
+{
+    ASSERT_NE(vm->version, nullptr);
+    EXPECT_GT(std::strlen(vm->version), 0) << "VM name cannot be empty";
 }
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