diff --git a/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf b/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf
index 48c87b51..ea33c866 100644
--- a/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf
+++ b/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 if-shell 'test -z "$POWERLINE_COMMAND"' 'if-shell "which powerline-client" "set-environment -g POWERLINE_COMMAND powerline-client" "set-environment -g POWERLINE_COMMAND powerline"'
+run-shell "tmux set-environment -g TMUX_VERSION_MAJOR $(tmux -V | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f1 | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')"
+run-shell "tmux set-environment -g TMUX_VERSION_MINOR $(tmux -V | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f2 | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')"
 set -g status on
 set -g status-utf8 on
 set -g status-interval 2