diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index 1ff1f2f..a2e9dc9 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
+my $version = '1.0.8';
+
 use strict;
 use Config::IniFiles;   # read samba-style conf file
 use File::Path;         # for rmtree command in use_prune
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ if ($ARGV[0] eq '--verbose') {
 	monitor_health(@params);
 } elsif ($ARGV[0] eq '--force-update') { 
 	my %snaps = getsnaps( \%config, $cacheTTL, 1 ); 
+} elsif ($ARGV[0] eq '--version') {
+	print "Sanoid version: $version\n";
+	exit 0;
 } elsif ($ARGV[0] eq '--cron' || 1) {
 	take_snapshots (@params);
 	prune_snapshots (@params);
diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 00d5e71..1ec11b3 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
+my $version = '1.0.8';
+
 use strict;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Time::Local;
@@ -11,6 +13,11 @@ use Sys::Hostname;
 
 my %args = getargs(@ARGV);
 
+if ($args{'version'}) {
+	print "Syncoid version: $version\n";
+	exit 0;
+}
+
 my $rawsourcefs = $args{'source'};
 my $rawtargetfs = $args{'target'};
 my $debug = $args{'debug'};
@@ -162,7 +169,7 @@ sub getargs {
 	my @args = @_;
 	my %args;
 
-	my $novalueargs = ",debug,nocommandchecks,";
+	my $novalueargs = ",debug,nocommandchecks,version,";
 
 	while (my $arg = shift(@args)) {
 		if ($arg =~ /^--/) {