diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile
index 60abae34b8..fbbd5c112a 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ PROJECT_COMPONENT = kata-ctl
 TARGET = $(PROJECT_COMPONENT)
 
 VERSION_FILE := ./VERSION
-VERSION := $(shell grep -v ^\# $(VERSION_FILE))
+export VERSION := $(shell grep -v ^\# $(VERSION_FILE))
 COMMIT_NO := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)
 COMMIT_NO_SHORT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)
-COMMIT := $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no 2>/dev/null || true),${COMMIT_NO}-dirty,${COMMIT_NO})
+export COMMIT := $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no 2>/dev/null || true),${COMMIT_NO}-dirty,${COMMIT_NO})
 
 # Exported to allow cargo to see it
 export KATA_CTL_VERSION := $(if $(COMMIT),$(VERSION)-$(COMMIT),$(VERSION))
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ export KATA_CTL_VERSION := $(if $(COMMIT),$(VERSION)-$(COMMIT),$(VERSION))
 GENERATED_CODE = src/ops/version.rs
 
 GENERATED_REPLACEMENTS= \
-    KATA_CTL_VERSION
+    KATA_CTL_VERSION \
+    VERSION \
+    COMMIT
 
 GENERATED_FILES := $(GENERATED_CODE)
 
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/version.rs.in b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/version.rs.in
index 052eccf168..e4a5db3c94 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/version.rs.in
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/ops/version.rs.in
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 use clap::crate_version;
 
 const KATA_CTL_VERSION: &str = "@KATA_CTL_VERSION@";
+pub const VERSION: &str = "@VERSION@";
+pub const COMMIT: &str = "@COMMIT@";
 
 pub fn get() -> Result<String, String> {
     if KATA_CTL_VERSION.trim().is_empty() {