diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 835c4bf..32fb374 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kmers
 kmerstest
 kmercamel
 kmercameltest
+src/version.h
 🐫
 bin/
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e18851..155d194 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cpptest: kmercameltest
 converttest: convert_superstring_unittest.py
 	./convert_superstring_unittest.py
 
-kmercamel: $(SRC)/main.cpp $(SRC)/$(wildcard *.cpp *.h *.hpp)
+kmercamel: $(SRC)/main.cpp $(SRC)/$(wildcard *.cpp *.h *.hpp) src/version.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(SRC)/main.cpp -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 	cp kmercamel  🐫 || true
 
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ kmercameltest: $(SRC)/unittest.cpp gtest-all.o $(SRC)/$(wildcard *.cpp *.h *.hpp
 gtest-all.o: $(GTEST)/src/gtest-all.cc $(wildcard *.cpp *.h *.hpp)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -isystem $(GTEST)/include -I $(GTEST)/include -I $(GTEST) -DGTEST_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY=1 -c -pthread $(GTEST)/src/gtest-all.cc -o $@
 
+src/version.h: src/version
+	./create-version.sh
+
+
 clean:
 	rm -f kmercamel
 	rm -f 🐫 || true
 	rm -f kmercameltest
 	rm -r -f ./bin
 	rm -f gtest-all.o
+	rm -f src/version.h
diff --git a/create-version.sh b/create-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1561dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+cat <(echo "#define VERSION \"") src/version <(echo -) <(git rev-parse HEAD | head -c6) <(echo \") | tr -d '\n' > src/version.h
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d28f15f..e31bc34 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include "unistd.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 void Help() {
-    std::cerr << "KmerCamel v0.2" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "KmerCamel version " << VERSION << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "Accepted arguments:" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  -p path_to_fasta - required; valid path to fasta file" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  -k k_value       - required; integer value for k" << std::endl;
@@ -20,10 +21,15 @@ void Help() {
     std::cerr << "  -d d_value       - integer value for d_max; default 5" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  -c               - treat k-mer and its reverse complement as equal" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  -h               - print help" << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "  -v               - print version" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "Example usage:       ./kmercamel -p path_to_fasta -k 13 -d 5 -a local" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "Possible algorithms: global globalAC local localAC streaming" << std::endl;
 }
 
+void Version() {
+    std::cerr << VERSION << std::endl;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     std::string path;
     int k = 0;
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     bool d_set = false;
     int opt;
     try {
-        while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "p:k:d:a:o:hc"))  != -1) {
+        while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "p:k:d:a:o:hcv"))  != -1) {
             switch(opt) {
                 case  'p':
                     path = optarg;
@@ -62,6 +68,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 case  'c':
                     complements = true;
                     break;
+                case 'v':
+                    Version();
+                    return 0;
                 case 'h':
                 default:
                     Help();
diff --git a/src/version b/src/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b04cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.2