diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb0fe542..53efc9f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ RELEASE ?= 1
 
 SRC ?= main
 
+VERSION_FULL ?= $(shell test -e .git && git describe --tags --long --first-parent)
+ifeq ($(VERSION_FULL),)
+VERSION_FULL := $(VERSION)
+endif
+
+
 # auto installed tooling
 TOOLS_DIR := .tools
 TOOLS_BIN := $(TOOLS_DIR)/bin
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ debfiles: debian
 	cp wwclient $(DESTDIR)/var/warewulf/overlays/system/debian/warewulf/bin/
 
 wwctl:
-	cd cmd/wwctl; GOOS=linux go build -mod vendor -tags "$(WW_BUILD_GO_BUILD_TAGS)" -o ../../wwctl
+	cd cmd/wwctl; GOOS=linux go build -ldflags="-X 'github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/version.Version=$(VERSION_FULL)'" -mod vendor -tags "$(WW_BUILD_GO_BUILD_TAGS)" -o ../../wwctl
 
 wwclient:
 	cd cmd/wwclient; CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -mod vendor -a -ldflags '-extldflags -static' -o ../../wwclient
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/root.go
index 10437f80..059b38db 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/root.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/app/wwctl/power"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/app/wwctl/profile"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/app/wwctl/server"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/app/wwctl/version"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/help"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(profile.GetCommand())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(configure.GetCommand())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(server.GetCommand())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(version.GetCommand())
 
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/version/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/version/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08e48d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/version/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+
+	fmt.Println("Version:\t", version.GetVersion())
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/version/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/version/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..766d3b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/version/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package version
+
+import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+var (
+	baseCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "version",
+		Short:   "Version information",
+		Long:    "This command will print the Warewulf version.",
+		RunE:    CobraRunE,
+		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(0),
+		Aliases: []string{"vers"},
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+}
+
+// GetRootCommand returns the root cobra.Command for the application.
+func GetCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	return baseCmd
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/version/version.go b/internal/pkg/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e8e1a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package version
+
+var Version string = "development"
+
+func GetVersion() string {
+	return Version
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/daemon.go b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/daemon.go
index 042808d0..acb04ac8 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/daemon.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/daemon.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func DaemonStart() error {
 
 		fmt.Fprintf(p, "%d", pid)
 
-		fmt.Printf("Started Warewulf server at PID: %d\n", pid)
+		fmt.Printf("Started Warewulf (%s) server at PID: %d\n", version.GetVersion(), pid)
 
 	}