diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4a1ca772..6b37b668 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 NAME ?= luet
 PACKAGE_NAME ?= $(NAME)
 PACKAGE_CONFLICT ?= $(PACKAGE_NAME)-beta
-REVISION := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo unknown)
-VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags || echo dev)
+REVISION := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo dev)
+VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags || echo $(REVISION))
 VERSION := $(shell echo $(VERSION) | sed -e 's/^v//g')
 ITTERATION := $(shell date +%s)
 BUILD_PLATFORMS ?= -osarch="linux/amd64" -osarch="linux/386" -osarch="linux/arm"
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 0ae9ee2d..ae577525 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@ import (
 var cfgFile string
 var Verbose bool
 
+const LuetCLIVersion = "0.1-dev"
+
 // RootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "luet",
-	Short: "Package manager for the XXth century!",
-	Long:  `Package manager which supports Gentoo and Entropy packages`,
+	Use:     "luet",
+	Short:   "Package manager for the XXth century!",
+	Long:    `Package manager which supports Gentoo and Entropy packages`,
+	Version: LuetCLIVersion,
 }
 
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command sets flags appropriately.