diff --git a/cli/build.gradle.kts b/cli/build.gradle.kts
index df36fb83..6c50b57b 100644
--- a/cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import java.util.*
+
 fun properties(key: String) = project.findProperty(key).toString()
 
 plugins {
@@ -51,6 +53,18 @@ tasks.test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
 
+tasks.build {
+    val props = Properties()
+    val propsFile = File("${project.projectDir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/lcaac.properties")
+    propsFile.inputStream().use { props.load(it) }
+    props.setProperty("author", "Kleis Technology")
+    props.setProperty("description", "LCA as Code CLI")
+    props.setProperty("version", artifactVersion)
+    propsFile.outputStream().use {
+        props.store(it, null)
+    }
+}
+
 publishing {
     repositories {
         maven {
diff --git a/cli/src/main/kotlin/ch/kleis/lcaac/cli/Main.kt b/cli/src/main/kotlin/ch/kleis/lcaac/cli/Main.kt
index 917534cc..93367263 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/kotlin/ch/kleis/lcaac/cli/Main.kt
+++ b/cli/src/main/kotlin/ch/kleis/lcaac/cli/Main.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package ch.kleis.lcaac.cli
 
-import ch.kleis.lcaac.cli.cmd.AssessCommand
-import ch.kleis.lcaac.cli.cmd.LcaacCommand
-import ch.kleis.lcaac.cli.cmd.TestCommand
-import ch.kleis.lcaac.cli.cmd.TraceCommand
+import ch.kleis.lcaac.cli.cmd.*
 import com.github.ajalt.clikt.core.subcommands
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) = LcaacCommand()
@@ -11,5 +8,6 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) = LcaacCommand()
         AssessCommand(),
         TestCommand(),
         TraceCommand(),
+        VersionCommand(),
     )
     .main(args)
diff --git a/cli/src/main/kotlin/ch/kleis/lcaac/cli/cmd/VersionCommand.kt b/cli/src/main/kotlin/ch/kleis/lcaac/cli/cmd/VersionCommand.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a473a07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/kotlin/ch/kleis/lcaac/cli/cmd/VersionCommand.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package ch.kleis.lcaac.cli.cmd
+
+import com.github.ajalt.clikt.core.CliktCommand
+import java.util.Properties
+
+class VersionCommand : CliktCommand(name = "version", help = "Get version") {
+    override fun run() {
+        val propsFile = {}.javaClass.classLoader.getResourceAsStream("META-INF/lcaac.properties")
+        val props = propsFile.use {
+            Properties().apply { load(it) }
+        }
+        val author = props.getProperty("author")
+        val description = props.getProperty("description")
+        val version = props.getProperty("version")
+        echo(description)
+        echo("v${version}")
+        echo(author)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/lcaac.properties b/cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/lcaac.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..383b5423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/lcaac.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+author=Kleis Technology
+description=LCA as Code CLI
+version=1.7.6
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e5e5efd1..30bdbe4f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ javaVersion=17
 gradleVersion=7.6
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m
 lcaacGroup=ch.kleis.lcaac
-lcaacVersion=1.7.6
+lcaacVersion=1.7.7