diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 8ed350d39..06d64f0ca 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rust-version = "1.64.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 camino = { version = "1.0.4", features = ["serde1"] }
 ostree-ext = "0.12"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.23", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version= "4.2", features = ["derive"] }
 clap_mangen = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 cap-std-ext = "3"
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ hex = "^0.4"
 fn-error-context = "0.2.0"
 gvariant = "0.4.0"
 indicatif = "0.17.0"
-k8s-openapi = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["v1_25"] }
+k8s-openapi = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["v1_25", "schemars"] }
 kube = { version = "0.83.0", features = ["runtime", "derive"] }
 libc = "^0.2"
 liboverdrop = "0.1.0"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ openssl = "^0.10"
 nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["ioctl"] }
 regex = "1.7.1"
 rustix = { "version" = "0.38", features = ["thread", "fs", "system", "process"] }
-schemars = "0.8.6"
+schemars = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["chrono"] }
 serde = { features = ["derive"], version = "1.0.125" }
 serde_json = "1.0.64"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.17"
diff --git a/lib/src/spec.rs b/lib/src/spec.rs
index e5c40e499..a7dd2af91 100644
--- a/lib/src/spec.rs
+++ b/lib/src/spec.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! The definition for host system state.
 
+use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1 as k8smeta;
 use kube::CustomResource;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ pub struct ImageReference {
 pub struct ImageStatus {
     /// The currently booted image
     pub image: ImageReference,
+    /// The version string, if any
+    pub version: Option<String>,
+    /// The build timestamp, if any
+    pub timestamp: Option<k8smeta::Time>,
     /// The digest of the fetched image (e.g. sha256:a0...);
     pub image_digest: String,
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/status.rs b/lib/src/status.rs
index 31d59ed9b..ce6fe5a6c 100644
--- a/lib/src/status.rs
+++ b/lib/src/status.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use crate::spec::{BootEntry, Host, HostSpec, HostStatus, ImageStatus};
 use crate::spec::{ImageReference, ImageSignature};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1 as k8smeta;
 use ostree::glib;
 use ostree_container::OstreeImageReference;
 use ostree_ext::container as ostree_container;
 use ostree_ext::keyfileext::KeyFileExt;
+use ostree_ext::oci_spec;
 use ostree_ext::ostree;
 use ostree_ext::sysroot::SysrootLock;
 
@@ -87,6 +89,22 @@ pub(crate) struct Deployments {
     pub(crate) other: VecDeque<ostree::Deployment>,
 }
 
+fn try_deserialize_timestamp(t: &str) -> Option<k8smeta::Time> {
+    match chrono::DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(t).context("Parsing timestamp") {
+        Ok(t) => Some(k8smeta::Time(t.with_timezone(&chrono::Utc))),
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::warn!("Invalid timestamp in image: {:#}", e);
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn labels_of_config(
+    config: &oci_spec::image::ImageConfiguration,
+) -> Option<&std::collections::HashMap<String, String>> {
+    config.config().as_ref().and_then(|c| c.labels().as_ref())
+}
+
 fn boot_entry_from_deployment(
     sysroot: &SysrootLock,
     deployment: &ostree::Deployment,
@@ -98,9 +116,23 @@ fn boot_entry_from_deployment(
             let csum = deployment.csum();
             let incompatible = crate::utils::origin_has_rpmostree_stuff(origin);
             let imgstate = ostree_container::store::query_image_commit(repo, &csum)?;
+            let config = imgstate.configuration.as_ref();
+            let labels = config.and_then(labels_of_config);
+            let timestamp = labels
+                .and_then(|l| {
+                    l.get(oci_spec::image::ANNOTATION_CREATED)
+                        .map(|s| s.as_str())
+                })
+                .and_then(try_deserialize_timestamp);
+
+            let version = config
+                .and_then(ostree_container::version_for_config)
+                .map(ToOwned::to_owned);
             (
                 Some(ImageStatus {
                     image,
+                    version,
+                    timestamp,
                     image_digest: imgstate.manifest_digest,
                 }),
                 incompatible,