diff --git a/src/test/apiUsageSample/com/android/tools/apiusagesample/R8ApiUsageSample.java b/src/test/apiUsageSample/com/android/tools/apiusagesample/R8ApiUsageSample.java
index 4c14226..7203f39 100644
--- a/src/test/apiUsageSample/com/android/tools/apiusagesample/R8ApiUsageSample.java
+++ b/src/test/apiUsageSample/com/android/tools/apiusagesample/R8ApiUsageSample.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import com.android.tools.r8.R8Command;
 import com.android.tools.r8.ResourceException;
 import com.android.tools.r8.StringConsumer;
+import com.android.tools.r8.Version;
 import com.android.tools.r8.origin.ArchiveEntryOrigin;
 import com.android.tools.r8.origin.Origin;
 import com.android.tools.r8.origin.PathOrigin;
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@
    * </pre>
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) {
+    // Check version API
+    checkVersionApi();
     // Parse arguments with the commandline parser to make use of its API.
     R8Command.Builder cmd = R8Command.parse(args, origin);
     CompilationMode mode = cmd.getMode();
@@ -507,4 +510,25 @@
       }
     }
   }
+
+  private static void checkVersionApi() {
+    if (Version.getVersionString() == null) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Expected getVersionString API");
+    }
+    if (Version.getMajorVersion() < -1) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Expected getMajorVersion API");
+    }
+    if (Version.getMinorVersion() < -1) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Expected getMinorVersion API");
+    }
+    if (Version.getPatchVersion() < -1) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Expected getPatchVersion API");
+    }
+    if (Version.getPreReleaseString() == null && false) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Expected getPreReleaseString API");
+    }
+    if (Version.isDevelopmentVersion() && false) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Expected isDevelopmentVersion API");
+    }
+  }
 }