diff --git a/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/pkg/scribblings/lib.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/pkg/scribblings/lib.scrbl
index bfd27b2c8f..9a0a22a8e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/pkg/scribblings/lib.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/pkg/scribblings/lib.scrbl
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ The results are as follows:
 
 @defproc[(extract-pkg-dependencies [info (symbol? (-> any/c) . -> . any/c)]
                                    [#:build-deps? build-deps? boolean? #f]
-                                   [#:filter? filter? boolean? #f])
+                                   [#:filter? filter? boolean? #f]
+                                   [#:versions? versions? boolean? #f])
          (listof (or/c string? (cons/c string? list?)))]{
 
 Returns packages dependencies reported by the @racket[info] procedure
@@ -449,7 +450,12 @@ run-time dependencies and build-time dependencies.
 If @racket[filter?] is true, then platform-specific dependencies are
 removed from the result list when they do not apply to the current
 platform, and other information is stripped so that the result list is
-always a list of strings.}
+always a list of either strings (when @racket[versions?] is true) or a
+two-element list containing a string and a version (when
+@racket[versions?] is @racket[#f]).
+
+@history[#:changed "6.0.1.6" @elem{Added the @racket[#:versions?] argument.}]}
+
 
 @defproc[(pkg-directory->module-paths [dir path-string?]
                                       [pkg-name string]
diff --git a/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt b/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt
index d194f8cfb7..3cbf69afcf 100644
--- a/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/pkg/lib.rkt
@@ -2916,7 +2916,8 @@
 
 (define (extract-pkg-dependencies get-info
                                   #:build-deps? [build-deps? #t]
-                                  #:filter? [filter? #f])
+                                  #:filter? [filter? #f]
+                                  #:versions? [versions? #f])
   (define v (if get-info
                 (get-info 'deps (lambda () empty))
                 empty))
@@ -2929,9 +2930,13 @@
   (if filter?
       (for/list ([dep (in-list all-v)]
                  #:when (dependency-this-platform? dep))
-        (if (pair? dep)
-            (car dep)
-            dep))
+        (define name
+          (if (pair? dep)
+              (car dep)
+              dep))
+        (if versions?
+            (list name (dependency->version dep))
+            name))
       all-v))
 
 (define (get-pkg-content desc 
@@ -3262,7 +3267,8 @@
   [extract-pkg-dependencies
    (->* ((symbol? (-> any/c) . -> . any/c))
         (#:build-deps? boolean?
-                       #:filter? boolean?)
+                       #:filter? boolean?
+                       #:versions? boolean?)
         (listof (or/c string? (cons/c string? list?))))]
   [pkg-single-collection
    (->* (path-string?)