diff --git a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/cfr.h b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/cfr.h
index cc8431a2db..5d8b37bf56 100644
--- a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/cfr.h
+++ b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/cfr.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#define CFR_VERSION 0x00000000
+
 enum cfr_tags {
 	CFR_TAG_OPTION_FORM		= 1,
 	CFR_TAG_ENUM_VALUE		= 2,
diff --git a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/coreboot_tables.h b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/coreboot_tables.h
index def48b7797..78dbe8ef4c 100644
--- a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/coreboot_tables.h
+++ b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/coreboot_tables.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ struct lb_efi_fw_info {
 struct lb_cfr {
 	uint32_t tag;
 	uint32_t size;
+	uint32_t version;
 	uint32_t checksum;	/* Checksum of the variable payload. */
 	/* struct lb_cfr_option_form		forms[] */
 };
diff --git a/src/drivers/option/cfr.c b/src/drivers/option/cfr.c
index e833d7bdba..15c4fd9b4e 100644
--- a/src/drivers/option/cfr.c
+++ b/src/drivers/option/cfr.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ void cfr_write_setup_menu(struct lb_cfr *cfr_root, struct sm_obj_form *sm_root[]
 
 	cfr_root->tag = LB_TAG_CFR_ROOT;
 	cfr_root->size = sizeof(*cfr_root);
+	cfr_root->version = CFR_VERSION;
 
 	current += cfr_root->size;
 	while (sm_root && sm_root[i])