diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6059d93..20218fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [0.14.1] - 2019-10-04
 ### Added
+- Added version flag to CLI, PR #79. [@maikefischer](github.com/maikefischer)
 - Prohibit ncores < 1, PR #76 [@annakau](https://github.com/annakau)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/fast_carpenter/__main__.py b/fast_carpenter/__main__.py
index cc68d4d..fa538ce 100644
--- a/fast_carpenter/__main__.py
+++ b/fast_carpenter/__main__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from .event_builder import EventBuilder
 from atsge.build_parallel import build_parallel
 from .utils import mkdir_p
+from .version import __version__
 atup.EventBuilder = EventBuilder
 atup.build_parallel = build_parallel
 logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel(logging.INFO)
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
                         help="Print help specific to the available stages")
     parser.add_argument("--help-stages-full", action=StagesHelp, metavar="stage",
                         help="Print the full help specific to the available stages")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", action="version", version='%(prog)s ' + __version__)
 
     return parser