diff --git a/docs/ramalama-version.1.md b/docs/ramalama-version.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3a09d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/ramalama-version.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+% ramalama-version 1
+
+## NAME
+ramalama - Print version of ramalama
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**ramalama version**
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+Print version of ramalama
+
+## SEE ALSO
+**[ramalama(1)](ramalama.1.md)
+
+## HISTORY
+Aug 2024, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
diff --git a/docs/ramalama.1.md b/docs/ramalama.1.md
index 5824284e..6513479d 100644
--- a/docs/ramalama.1.md
+++ b/docs/ramalama.1.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Individual model transports can be modifies when specifying a model via the `hug
 | [ramalama-push(1)](ramalama-push.1.md)  | Push specified AI Model (OCI-only at present)               |
 | [ramalama-run(1)](ramalama-run.1.md)    | Run a chatbot on AI Model.                                  |
 | [ramalama-serve(1)](ramalama-serve.1.md)| Serve local AI Model as an API Service.                     |
+| [ramalama-version(1)](ramalama-version.1.md)| Print ramalama version                                  |
 
 ## CONFIGURATION FILES
 
diff --git a/ramalama.py b/ramalama.py
index f452651d..7ecf22fe 100755
--- a/ramalama.py
+++ b/ramalama.py
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ def main(args):
 
         while len(args) > 0:
             if args[0] == "-h" or args[0] == "--help":
-                ramalama.usage()
+                return ramalama.usage()
+
+            if args[0] == "-v" or args[0] == "version":
+                return ramalama.version()
 
             if args[0] == "--dryrun":
                 args.pop(0)
diff --git a/ramalama/__init__.py b/ramalama/__init__.py
index 3f171e6e..27ae2523 100644
--- a/ramalama/__init__.py
+++ b/ramalama/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from ramalama.common import container_manager, exec_cmd, perror
 from ramalama.cli import create_store, funcDict, usage
-from ramalama.version import __version__
+from ramalama.version import version
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import os
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ['container_manager', 'create_store', 'perror',
-           'funcDict', 'usage', '__version__', 'exec_cmd']
+           'funcDict', 'usage', 'exec_cmd', 'version']
diff --git a/ramalama/cli.py b/ramalama/cli.py
index e728b4c3..b61c39c6 100644
--- a/ramalama/cli.py
+++ b/ramalama/cli.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from ramalama.huggingface import Huggingface
 from ramalama.oci import OCI
 from ramalama.ollama import Ollama
+from ramalama.version import version
 
 
 def usage(exit=0):
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ def usage(exit=0):
     print("  push MODEL TARGET Push a model to target")
     print("  run MODEL         Run a model")
     print("  serve MODEL       Serve a model")
+    print("  version           Version of ramalama")
     sys.exit(exit)
 
 
@@ -234,6 +236,13 @@ def serve_cli(store, args, port):
     model.serve(store, args)
 
 
+def version_cli():
+    if len(args) > 1:
+        usage(1)
+
+    version()
+
+
 def get_store():
     if os.geteuid() == 0:
         return "/var/lib/ramalama"
@@ -256,6 +265,7 @@ def create_store():
 funcDict["push"] = push_cli
 funcDict["run"] = run_cli
 funcDict["serve"] = serve_cli
+funcDict["version"] = version_cli
 
 
 def New(model):
diff --git a/ramalama/version.py b/ramalama/version.py
index b63024ea..07b309d8 100644
--- a/ramalama/version.py
+++ b/ramalama/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 """Version of RamalamaPy."""
 
 __version__ = "0.1.0"
+
+
+def version():
+    print("ramalama version " + __version__)
diff --git a/test/ci.sh b/test/ci.sh
index 4a20403d..02bd8729 100755
--- a/test/ci.sh
+++ b/test/ci.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ main() {
   ./${binfile} -h | grep Usage:
   set -o pipefail
 
+  ./${binfile} version
   ./${binfile} pull ollama://tinyllama
   RAMALAMA_TRANSPORT=ollama ./${binfile} pull ben1t0/tiny-llm
   ./${binfile} pull ollama://tinyllama:1.1b