diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9067-gio-mime-version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/9067-gio-mime-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e2fb76082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9067-gio-mime-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - gio_mime module utils - add argument formatter ``version`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9067).
+  - gio_mime - add return value ``version`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9067).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/gio_mime.py b/plugins/module_utils/gio_mime.py
index e01709487d..132981a339 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/gio_mime.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/gio_mime.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def gio_mime_runner(module, **kwargs):
         arg_formats=dict(
             mime_type=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),
             handler=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),
+            version=cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed('--version'),
         ),
         **kwargs
     )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gio_mime.py b/plugins/modules/gio_mime.py
index 20ccb22329..587aaec427 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gio_mime.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gio_mime.py
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ stderr:
   returned: failure
   type: str
   sample: 'gio: Failed to load info for handler "never-existed.desktop"'
+version:
+  description: Version of gio.
+  type: str
+  returned: always
+  sample: "2.80.0"
+  version_added: 10.0.0
 """
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import ModuleHelper
@@ -94,6 +100,9 @@ class GioMime(ModuleHelper):
 
     def __init_module__(self):
         self.runner = gio_mime_runner(self.module, check_rc=True)
+        with self.runner("version") as ctx:
+            rc, out, err = ctx.run()
+            self.vars.version = out.strip()
         self.vars.set_meta("handler", initial_value=gio_mime_get(self.runner, self.vars.mime_type), diff=True, change=True)
 
     def __run__(self):
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_gio_mime.yaml b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_gio_mime.yaml
index 75e5554c7c..f71e595701 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_gio_mime.yaml
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_gio_mime.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@
     changed: true
   mocks:
     run_command:
-    - command: [/testbin/gio, mime, x-scheme-handler/http]
+    - command: [/testbin/gio, mime, --version]
       environ: &env-def {environ_update: {LANGUAGE: C, LC_ALL: C}, check_rc: true}
       rc: 0
+      out: "2.80.0\n"
+      err: ""
+    - command: [/testbin/gio, mime, x-scheme-handler/http]
+      environ: *env-def
+      rc: 0
       out: ""
       err: >
         No default applications for “x-scheme-handler/http”
@@ -35,6 +40,11 @@
     skip: test helper does not support check mode yet
   mocks:
     run_command:
+    - command: [/testbin/gio, mime, --version]
+      environ: *env-def
+      rc: 0
+      out: "2.80.0\n"
+      err: ""
     - command: [/testbin/gio, mime, x-scheme-handler/http]
       environ: *env-def
       rc: 0
@@ -55,6 +65,11 @@
     changed: false
   mocks:
     run_command:
+    - command: [/testbin/gio, mime, --version]
+      environ: *env-def
+      rc: 0
+      out: "2.80.0\n"
+      err: ""
     - command: [/testbin/gio, mime, x-scheme-handler/http]
       environ: *env-def
       rc: 0