diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/version/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/version/main.go
index 6cee1028..3577036b 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/version/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/version/main.go
@@ -9,21 +9,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "VERSION:", version.GetVersion())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "BINDIR:", buildconfig.BINDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "DATADIR:", buildconfig.DATADIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "SYSCONFDIR:", buildconfig.SYSCONFDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "LOCALSTATEDIR:", buildconfig.LOCALSTATEDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "SRVDIR:", buildconfig.SRVDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "TFTPDIR:", buildconfig.TFTPDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "SYSTEMDDIR:", buildconfig.SYSTEMDDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWOVERLAYDIR:", buildconfig.WWOVERLAYDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWCHROOTDIR:", buildconfig.WWCHROOTDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWPROVISIONDIR:", buildconfig.WWPROVISIONDIR())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "BASEVERSION:", buildconfig.VERSION())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "RELEASE:", buildconfig.RELEASE())
-	fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWCLIENTDIR:", buildconfig.WWCLIENTDIR())
-
+	if ListFull {
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "VERSION:", version.GetVersion())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "BINDIR:", buildconfig.BINDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "DATADIR:", buildconfig.DATADIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "SYSCONFDIR:", buildconfig.SYSCONFDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "LOCALSTATEDIR:", buildconfig.LOCALSTATEDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "SRVDIR:", buildconfig.SRVDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "TFTPDIR:", buildconfig.TFTPDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "SYSTEMDDIR:", buildconfig.SYSTEMDDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWOVERLAYDIR:", buildconfig.WWOVERLAYDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWCHROOTDIR:", buildconfig.WWCHROOTDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWPROVISIONDIR:", buildconfig.WWPROVISIONDIR())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "BASEVERSION:", buildconfig.VERSION())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "RELEASE:", buildconfig.RELEASE())
+		fmt.Printf("%-20s %-18s\n", "WWCLIENTDIR:", buildconfig.WWCLIENTDIR())
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(version.GetVersion())
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/version/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/version/root.go
index 766d3b8f..4e88e9d9 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/version/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/version/root.go
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ var (
 		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 		Aliases: []string{"vers"},
 	}
+	ListFull bool
 )
 
 func init() {
+	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&ListFull, "full", "f", false, "List all compiled in variables.")
 }
 
 // GetRootCommand returns the root cobra.Command for the application.