diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 67481b9..00b3f59 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ builds:
       - -a
     ldflags:
       - -extldflags "-static"
+      - -X main.version={{.Tag}}
 
 archives:
   - format: tar.gz
@@ -58,4 +59,4 @@ changelog:
   sort: asc
   filters:
     exclude:
-      - '^test:'
\ No newline at end of file
+      - '^test:'
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 1067d3d..e9a026f 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Usage: ./bin/kubeconform [OPTION]... [FILE OR FOLDER]...
         disallow additional properties not in schema
   -summary
         print a summary at the end (ignored for junit output)
+  -v	show version information
   -verbose
         print results for all resources (ignored for tap and junit output)
 ```
diff --git a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
index 6ac0e7e..af0cbc6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yannh/kubeconform/pkg/validator"
 )
 
+var version = "development"
+
 func processResults(cancel context.CancelFunc, o output.Output, validationResults <-chan validator.Result, exitOnError bool) <-chan bool {
 	success := true
 	result := make(chan bool)
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ func realMain() int {
 	cfg, out, err := config.FromFlags(os.Args[0], os.Args[1:])
 	if cfg.Help {
 		return 0
+	} else if cfg.Version {
+		fmt.Println(version)
+		return 0
 	} else if out != "" {
 		fmt.Println(out)
 		return 1
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index d165f07..22cb76d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	IgnoreMissingSchemas   bool
 	IgnoreFilenamePatterns []string
 	Help                   bool
+	Version                bool
 }
 
 type arrayParam []string
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ func FromFlags(progName string, args []string) (Config, string, error) {
 	flags.StringVar(&c.Cache, "cache", "", "cache schemas downloaded via HTTP to this folder")
 	flags.StringVar(&c.CPUProfileFile, "cpu-prof", "", "debug - log CPU profiling to file")
 	flags.BoolVar(&c.Help, "h", false, "show help information")
+	flags.BoolVar(&c.Version, "v", false, "show version information")
 	flags.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE OR FOLDER]...\n", progName)
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 78f1ff6..038aa3d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ func TestFromFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				RejectKinds:       map[string]struct{}{},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			[]string{"-v"},
+			Config{
+				Files:             []string{},
+				Version:           true,
+				KubernetesVersion: "master",
+				NumberOfWorkers:   4,
+				OutputFormat:      "text",
+				SchemaLocations:   nil,
+				SkipKinds:         map[string]struct{}{},
+				RejectKinds:       map[string]struct{}{},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			[]string{"-skip", "a,b,c"},
 			Config{