diff --git a/rai/main.go b/rai/main.go
index 368fb0b..7d9fa17 100644
--- a/rai/main.go
+++ b/rai/main.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func addCommands(root *cobra.Command) {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	var root = &cobra.Command{Use: "rai"}
+	var root = &cobra.Command{Use: "rai", Version: version}
 	// todo: additional root options
 	// --request-timeout
 	// --token : Bearer token for authenticating API request
diff --git a/rai/version.go b/rai/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..022e5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rai/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2022 RelationalAI, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+// Represents the current rai's CLI version
+// May be overwritten at link time using ldflags (linker flags):
+//     -ldflags="-X 'main.version=0.1.2-alpha'"
+var version = "0.1.1-alpha"