diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 08807e2..dbf326f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
 
 package main
 
-import gitpages "codeberg.org/git-pages/git-pages/src"
+import (
+	"runtime/debug"
 
-func main() { gitpages.Main() }
+	git_pages "codeberg.org/git-pages/git-pages/src"
+)
+
+// By default the version information is retrieved from VCS. If not available during build,
+// override this variable using linker flags to change the displayed version.
+// Example: `-ldflags "-X main.versionOverride=v1.2.3"`
+var versionOverride = ""
+
+func extractVersion() string {
+	if versionOverride != "" {
+		return versionOverride
+	} else if buildInfo, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok {
+		return buildInfo.Main.Version
+	} else {
+		panic("version information not available")
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	git_pages.Main(extractVersion())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index ceafaa9..90d63a9 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func usage() {
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "(server) "+
 		"git-pages [-config <file>|-no-config]\n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "(info)   "+
-		"git-pages {-print-config-env-vars|-print-config}\n")
+		"git-pages {-version|-print-config-env-vars|-print-config}\n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "(debug)  "+
 		"git-pages {-list-blobs|-list-manifests}\n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "(debug)  "+
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func usage() {
 	flag.PrintDefaults()
 }
 
-func Main() {
+func Main(versionInfo string) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	flag.Usage = usage
@@ -232,8 +232,15 @@ func Main() {
 		"run a store `migration` (one of: create-domain-markers)")
 	traceGarbage := flag.Bool("trace-garbage", false,
 		"estimate total size of unreachable blobs")
+	version := flag.Bool("version", false,
+		"display version")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if *version {
+		fmt.Printf("git-pages %s\n", versionInfo)
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	var cliOperations int
 	for _, selected := range []bool{
 		*listBlobs,