diff --git a/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts b/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts
index 25193dfce8..2291f6e82b 100644
--- a/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts
@@ -2551,8 +2551,18 @@ export class SurveyCreatorModel extends Base
         delete json.pages;
       }
     }
+    if(this.storeSjsVersion) {
+      json["sjsVersion"] = SurveySettings.version;
+    }
     return json;
   }
+  private storeSjsVersionValue: boolean;
+  public get storeSjsVersion(): boolean {
+    return this.storeSjsVersionValue === true;
+  }
+  public set storeSjsVersion(val: boolean) {
+    this.storeSjsVersionValue = val;
+  }
   /**
    * A survey JSON schema.
    * 
diff --git a/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/string-editor.tests.ts b/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/string-editor.tests.ts
index 694410e9b8..0a5e6ee09e 100644
--- a/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/string-editor.tests.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/string-editor.tests.ts
@@ -956,7 +956,18 @@ test("StringEditor multiline paste for matrix questions", (): any => {
   connectorItemRow.onTextChanging.fire(null, { value: "a\nb\r\nc" });
   expect(question.rows.map(c => c.text)).toEqual(["a", "b", "c", "Row 2"]);
 });
-
+test("Support for creator.storeSjsVersion", (): any => {
+  const creator = new CreatorTester();
+  expect(creator.JSON["sjsVersion"]).toBeFalsy();
+  expect(creator.text.indexOf("sjsVersion") > 0).toBeFalsy();
+  creator.storeSjsVersion = true;
+  creator.JSON = { elements: [{ type: "text", name: "q1" }] };
+  expect(creator.JSON["sjsVersion"]).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(creator.text.indexOf("sjsVersion") > 0).toBeTruthy();
+  creator.storeSjsVersion = false;
+  expect(creator.JSON["sjsVersion"]).toBeFalsy();
+  expect(creator.text.indexOf("sjsVersion") > 0).toBeFalsy();
+});
 test("StringEditor Navigator - supported types", (): any => {
   expect(StringItemsNavigatorBase.setQuestion(<any>{ element: new QuestionTextModel("q") })).toBeFalsy();
   expect(StringItemsNavigatorBase.setQuestion(<any>{ element: new QuestionMultipleTextModel("q") })).toBeTruthy();