diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 32e9adc884..f7c7e15213 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -319,3 +319,6 @@ docs: generate_asciidoc
 
 alldocs: docs webdocs
 
+version:
+	@echo $(VERSION)
+