diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 90cc7ad..e693074 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 * Add config option for simply concatenating files
 * Add config option for altering creation of Minify/MinApp objects
 * Missing spec no longer redirects, instead links to docs
+* Minify::VERSION is an int that tracks the major version number
 
 ## Version 2.2.1 (2014-10-30)
 * Builder styled with Bootstrap (thanks to help from acidvertigo)
diff --git a/lib/Minify.php b/lib/Minify.php
index b518490..1fe79a9 100644
--- a/lib/Minify.php
+++ b/lib/Minify.php
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
  */
 class Minify {
 
-    const VERSION = '3.0.0';
+    /**
+     * API version
+     *
+     * This is only bumped when API breaks are done and should follow the major version of the library
+     *
+     * @var int
+     */
+    const VERSION = 3;
+
     const TYPE_CSS = 'text/css';
     const TYPE_HTML = 'text/html';
     // there is some debate over the ideal JS Content-Type, but this is the