diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 900c766..c96713f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ BINARIES = $(patsubst cmd/%/,%,$(wildcard cmd/*/))
 
 .PHONY: all build test validate clean run $(BINARIES)
 
+VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
+COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+COMMIT_DATETIME := $(shell git log -1 --format=%cd --date=iso8601)
+
+LDFLAGS := -X git.omicron.one/omicron/linkshare/internal/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
+           -X git.omicron.one/omicron/linkshare/internal/version.GitCommit=$(COMMIT) \
+           -X "git.omicron.one/omicron/linkshare/internal/version.CommitDateTime=$(COMMIT_DATETIME)"
+
+
 all: build
 	
 
@@ -13,7 +22,7 @@ $(BINARY_DIR):
 	mkdir -p $(BINARY_DIR)
 
 $(BINARIES): %: $(BINARY_DIR)
-	go build -o $(BINARY_DIR)/$@ ./cmd/$@/
+	go build -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS)' -o $(BINARY_DIR)/$@ ./cmd/$@/
 
 test:
 	go test ./...
diff --git a/internal/database/manager.go b/internal/database/manager.go
index 36af320..cd90837 100644
--- a/internal/database/manager.go
+++ b/internal/database/manager.go
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
-)
 
-const expectedSchemaVersion = 1
+	"git.omicron.one/omicron/linkshare/internal/version"
+)
 
 // DB represents a database connection
 type DB struct {
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ func (db *DB) CheckSchemaVersion() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	version, err := db.GetSchemaVersion()
+	version_, err := db.GetSchemaVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if version < expectedSchemaVersion {
+	if version_ < version.SchemaVersion {
 		return ErrSchemaOutdated
-	} else if version > expectedSchemaVersion {
+	} else if version_ > version.SchemaVersion {
 		return ErrSchemaUnsupported
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51e5feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package version
+
+import "fmt"
+
+var (
+	Version        = "dev"
+	GitCommit      = "unknown"
+	CommitDateTime = "unknown"
+	SchemaVersion  = 1
+)
+
+// PrintVersionInfo prints formatted version information to stdout
+func Print() {
+	fmt.Printf("Version:      %s\n", Version)
+	fmt.Printf("Git commit:   %s %s\n", GitCommit, CommitDateTime)
+	fmt.Printf("Schema:       v%d\n", SchemaVersion)
+}