diff --git a/drydocker/generic_functions.sh b/drydocker/generic_functions.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function package_version_for_osc_project_repo {
+    osc_project=$1
+    osc_repository=$2
+
+    rpm_filename=$(osc ls -b ${osc_project} ${PACKAGE} ${osc_repository} x86_64 | sort | head -n 1)
+
+    osc getbinaries ${osc_project} ${PACKAGE} ${osc_repository} x86_64 ${rpm_filename}
+
+    version=$(rpm -q --queryformat="%{VERSION}\n" -p binaries/${rpm_filename})
+
+    echo ${version}
+}