diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index c38d713..4a20fc1 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+Version 1.86  2026-06-25
+  * add function fc_parse_version
+
 Version 1.85  2026-06-23
   * add functions fc_safe_srand and fc_safe_rand for more security under Linux
   * add function seconds_to_human_str
diff --git a/src/shared_func.c b/src/shared_func.c
index aaa817f..353be05 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.c
+++ b/src/shared_func.c
@@ -4691,3 +4691,27 @@ int fc_safe_rand()
     return (n & RAND_MAX);
 }
 #endif
+
+int fc_parse_version(const char *src, Version *version)
+{
+    const char *p;
+    int numbers[2];
+    int i;
+
+    numbers[0] = numbers[1] = 0;
+    p = src;
+    for (i=0; i<2; i++) {
+        p = strchr(p, '.');
+        if (p == NULL) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        p++;
+        numbers[i] = strtol(p, NULL, 10);
+    }
+
+    version->major = strtol(src, NULL, 10);
+    version->minor = numbers[0];
+    version->patch = numbers[1];
+    return FC_VERSION_TO_INT1(*version);
+}
diff --git a/src/shared_func.h b/src/shared_func.h
index c79a278..0114683 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.h
+++ b/src/shared_func.h
@@ -1877,6 +1877,8 @@ int fc_safe_rand();
 #define fc_safe_rand() rand()
 #endif
 
+int fc_parse_version(const char *src, Version *version);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/system_info.c b/src/system_info.c
index 769ddca..393e7d8 100644
--- a/src/system_info.c
+++ b/src/system_info.c
@@ -960,33 +960,16 @@ int get_sysinfo(struct fast_sysinfo *info)
 int get_kernel_version(Version *version)
 {
     struct utsname name;
-    char *p;
-    int numbers[2];
-    int i;
 
     if (uname(&name) < 0)
     {
-		logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
-			"call uname fail, errno: %d, error info: %s",
-			__LINE__, errno, STRERROR(errno));
+        logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
+                "call uname fail, errno: %d, error info: %s",
+                __LINE__, errno, STRERROR(errno));
         return errno != 0 ? errno : EFAULT;
     }
 
-    numbers[0] = numbers[1] = 0;
-    p = name.release;
-    for (i=0; i<2; i++) {
-        p = strchr(p, '.');
-        if (p == NULL) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        p++;
-        numbers[i] = strtol(p, NULL, 10);
-    }
-
-    version->major = strtol(name.release, NULL, 10);
-    version->minor = numbers[0];
-    version->patch = numbers[1];
+    fc_parse_version(name.release, version);
     return 0;
 }