diff --git a/R/get.R b/R/get.R
index 3031bce8..daa9ebfa 100644
--- a/R/get.R
+++ b/R/get.R
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 #'   say that smaller administrative units correspond to bigger levels. If
 #'   `NULL`, the default, the `oe_*` functions will select the highest available
 #'   level. See Details and Examples in [oe_match()].
+#' @param version The version of the OSM extract to download. The default is
+#'   "latest". Other possible values are typically specified using the format
+#'   YYMMDD (e.g. "200101"). The complete list of all available historic files
+#'   for a given extract can be browsed from the Geofabrik website (e.g.
+#'   <https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/italy.html> and then click on 'raw
+#'   directory index').
 #' @param download_directory Directory to store the file containing OSM data?.
 #' @param force_download Should the `.osm.pbf` file be updated even if it has
 #'   already been downloaded? `FALSE` by default. This parameter is used to
@@ -216,6 +222,7 @@ oe_get = function(
   match_by = "name",
   max_string_dist = 1,
   level = NULL,
+  version = "latest",
   download_directory = oe_download_directory(),
   force_download = FALSE,
   max_file_size = 5e+8,
@@ -246,6 +253,7 @@ oe_get = function(
     match_by = match_by,
     max_string_dist = max_string_dist,
     level = level,
+    version = version,
     quiet = quiet
   )
 
diff --git a/R/match.R b/R/match.R
index 88babf2e..835850bd 100644
--- a/R/match.R
+++ b/R/match.R
@@ -152,11 +152,13 @@ oe_match.sfc = function(
   place,
   provider = "geofabrik",
   level = NULL,
+  version = "latest",
   quiet = FALSE,
   ...
 ) {
   # Load the data associated with the chosen provider.
   provider_data = load_provider_data(provider)
+  version <- check_version(version, provider)
 
   # Check if place has no CRS (i.e. NA_crs_, see ?st_crs) and, in that case, set
   # 4326 + raise a warning message.
@@ -216,7 +218,6 @@ oe_match.sfc = function(
   # If, again, there are multiple matches with the same "level", we will select
   # only the area closest to the input place.
   if (nrow(matched_zones) > 1L) {
-
     nearest_id_centroid = sf::st_nearest_feature(
       place,
       sf::st_centroid(sf::st_geometry(matched_zones))
@@ -231,13 +232,15 @@ oe_match.sfc = function(
     .subclass = "oe_match_sfcInputMatchedWith"
   )
 
+  url <- matched_zones[["pbf"]]
+  url <- adjust_version_in_url(version, url)
+
   # Return a list with the URL and the file_size of the matched place
   result = list(
-    url = matched_zones[["pbf"]],
+    url = url,
     file_size = matched_zones[["pbf_file_size"]]
   )
   result
-
 }
 
 #' @inheritParams oe_get
@@ -277,6 +280,7 @@ oe_match.character = function(
   quiet = FALSE,
   match_by = "name",
   max_string_dist = 1,
+  version = "latest",
   ...
   ) {
   # For the moment we support only length-one character vectors
@@ -290,6 +294,7 @@ oe_match.character = function(
       )
     )
   }
+  version <- check_version(version, provider)
 
   # See https://github.com/ropensci/osmextract/pull/125
   if (place == "ITS Leeds") {
@@ -339,7 +344,6 @@ oe_match.character = function(
   # If the approximate string distance between the best match is greater than
   # the max_string_dist threshold, then:
   if (isTRUE(high_distance)) {
-
     # 1. Raise a message
     oe_message(
       "No exact match found for place = ", place,
@@ -434,8 +438,11 @@ oe_match.character = function(
     .subclass = "oe_match_characterinputmatchedWith"
   )
 
+  url <- best_matched_place[["pbf"]]
+  url <- adjust_version_in_url(version, url)
+
   result = list(
-    url = best_matched_place[["pbf"]],
+    url = url,
     file_size = best_matched_place[["pbf_file_size"]]
   )
   result
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 96f02579..63894435 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@ check_layer_provider = function(layer, provider) {
   invisible(0)
 }
 
+check_version <- function(version, provider) {
+  # Currently, the only provider that includes historic data for the OSM
+  # extracts is geofabrik.
+  if (version != "latest" && provider != "geofabrik") {
+    warning(
+      "version != 'latest' is only supported for 'geofabrik' provider.",
+      "Overriding it to 'latest'.",
+      call. = FALSE
+    )
+    return("latest")
+  }
+  version
+}
+adjust_version_in_url <- function(version, url) {
+  if (version == "latest") {
+    return(url)
+  }
+  gsub("latest(?=\\.osm\\.pbf$)", version, url, perl = TRUE)
+}
+
+
 # Starting from sf 1.0.2, sf::st_read raises a warning message when both layer
 # and query arguments are set, while it raises a warning in sf < 1.0.2 when
 # there are multiple layers and the layer argument is not set. See also
diff --git a/man/oe_get.Rd b/man/oe_get.Rd
index f9ca3dc4..7c051f71 100644
--- a/man/oe_get.Rd
+++ b/man/oe_get.Rd
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ oe_get(
   match_by = "name",
   max_string_dist = 1,
   level = NULL,
+  version = "latest",
   download_directory = oe_download_directory(),
   force_download = FALSE,
   max_file_size = 5e+08,
@@ -76,6 +77,13 @@ say that smaller administrative units correspond to bigger levels. If
 \code{NULL}, the default, the \verb{oe_*} functions will select the highest available
 level. See Details and Examples in \code{\link[=oe_match]{oe_match()}}.}
 
+\item{version}{The version of the OSM extract to download. The default is
+"latest". Other possible values are typically specified using the format
+YYMMDD (e.g. "200101"). The complete list of all available historic files
+for a given extract can be browsed from the Geofabrik website (e.g.
+\url{https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/italy.html} and then click on 'raw
+directory index').}
+
 \item{download_directory}{Directory to store the file containing OSM data?.}
 
 \item{force_download}{Should the \code{.osm.pbf} file be updated even if it has
diff --git a/man/oe_match.Rd b/man/oe_match.Rd
index 427892c4..e486873f 100644
--- a/man/oe_match.Rd
+++ b/man/oe_match.Rd
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ oe_match(place, ...)
 
 \method{oe_match}{sf}(place, ...)
 
-\method{oe_match}{sfc}(place, provider = "geofabrik", level = NULL, quiet = FALSE, ...)
+\method{oe_match}{sfc}(
+  place,
+  provider = "geofabrik",
+  level = NULL,
+  version = "latest",
+  quiet = FALSE,
+  ...
+)
 
 \method{oe_match}{numeric}(place, provider = "geofabrik", quiet = FALSE, ...)
 
@@ -28,6 +35,7 @@ oe_match(place, ...)
   quiet = FALSE,
   match_by = "name",
   max_string_dist = 1,
+  version = "latest",
   ...
 )
 }
@@ -55,6 +63,13 @@ say that smaller administrative units correspond to bigger levels. If
 \code{NULL}, the default, the \verb{oe_*} functions will select the highest available
 level. See Details and Examples in \code{\link[=oe_match]{oe_match()}}.}
 
+\item{version}{The version of the OSM extract to download. The default is
+"latest". Other possible values are typically specified using the format
+YYMMDD (e.g. "200101"). The complete list of all available historic files
+for a given extract can be browsed from the Geofabrik website (e.g.
+\url{https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/italy.html} and then click on 'raw
+directory index').}
+
 \item{quiet}{Boolean. If \code{FALSE}, the function prints informative messages.
 Starting from \code{sf} version
 \href{https://r-spatial.github.io/sf/news/index.html#version-0-9-6-2020-09-13}{0.9.6},