diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index a158abe..43b5132 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
 // This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
-func Execute() {
+func Execute(version string) {
+	rootCmd.Version = version
+
 	err := rootCmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f91f906..55d7bd1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 package main
 
-import "github.com/laenzlinger/setlist/cmd"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/laenzlinger/setlist/cmd"
+)
+
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = "none"    //nolint:gochecknoglobals // set by ldflag
+	date    = "unknown" //nolint:gochecknoglobals // set by ldflag
+
+)
 
 func main() {
-	cmd.Execute()
+	cmd.Execute(fmt.Sprintf("%s commit %s (%s) ", version, commit, date))
 }