diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index b950a64..b893a4d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 builds:
   - env:
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}}
     goos:
       - darwin
       - windows
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ed18ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Get the latest tag
+latestTag=$(git describe --tags)
+
+echo "latest tag: $latestTag"
+
+# Build the Go program, injecting the latest tag into the version variable
+go build -ldflags "-X main.version=$latestTag" -o jinjafier
+
diff --git a/jinjafier.go b/jinjafier.go
index a30709a..96596e8 100755
--- a/jinjafier.go
+++ b/jinjafier.go
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ import (
     "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
+var version = "dev"
+
 func main() {
+
+		if os.Args[1] == "-v" {
+				fmt.Println("Jinjafier version:", version)
+				os.Exit(0)
+		}
+
     if len(os.Args) != 2 {
         fmt.Println("Usage: jinjafier <java_properties_file>")
         os.Exit(1)