diff --git a/pkg/functions/client.go b/pkg/functions/client.go
index 526a2b579a..5b86078dfe 100644
--- a/pkg/functions/client.go
+++ b/pkg/functions/client.go
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ type Instance struct {
 	Deployer      string            `json:"deployer" yaml:"deployer"`
 	Subscriptions []Subscription    `json:"subscriptions" yaml:"subscriptions"`
 	Labels        map[string]string `json:"labels" yaml:"labels" xml:"-"`
+	Middleware    Middleware        `json:"middleware,omitempty" yaml:"middleware,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Subscriptions currently active to event sources
@@ -200,6 +201,10 @@ type Subscription struct {
 	Broker string `json:"broker" yaml:"broker"`
 }
 
+type Middleware struct {
+	Version string `json:"version" yaml:"version"`
+}
+
 // DNSProvider exposes DNS services necessary for serving the function.
 type DNSProvider interface {
 	// Provide the given name by routing requests to address.
diff --git a/pkg/functions/middleware.go b/pkg/functions/middleware.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11d88100ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/functions/middleware.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package functions
+
+import (
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1/remote"
+)
+
+// MiddlewareVersion gets the used middleware version of a function image.
+// Returns an empty string and no error in case the function image was built
+// without this information.
+func MiddlewareVersion(image string) (string, error) {
+	ref, err := name.ParseReference(image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	desc, err := remote.Get(ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	img, err := desc.Image()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := img.ConfigFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if cfg.Config.Labels == nil {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	return cfg.Config.Labels[MiddlewareVersionLabelKey], nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/describer.go b/pkg/k8s/describer.go
index 3e2c4d87c5..f95d87de4c 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/describer.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/describer.go
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ func (d *Describer) Describe(ctx context.Context, name, namespace string) (fn.In
 		}
 	}
 
+	middlewareVersion := ""
+	if image != "" {
+		v, err := fn.MiddlewareVersion(image)
+		if err == nil {
+			// don't fail on errors
+			middlewareVersion = v
+		}
+	}
+
 	description := fn.Instance{
 		Name:      name,
 		Namespace: namespace,
@@ -73,6 +82,9 @@ func (d *Describer) Describe(ctx context.Context, name, namespace string) (fn.In
 		Route:     primaryRouteURL,
 		Routes:    []string{primaryRouteURL},
 		Image:     image,
+		Middleware: fn.Middleware{
+			Version: middlewareVersion,
+		},
 	}
 
 	return description, nil
diff --git a/pkg/knative/describer.go b/pkg/knative/describer.go
index 960a11446d..b40cd68f0f 100644
--- a/pkg/knative/describer.go
+++ b/pkg/knative/describer.go
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ func (d *Describer) Describe(ctx context.Context, name, namespace string) (fn.In
 		}
 	}
 
+	if description.Image != "" {
+		v, err := fn.MiddlewareVersion(description.Image)
+		if err == nil {
+			// don't fail on errors
+			description.Middleware = fn.Middleware{
+				Version: v,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	triggers, err := eventingClient.ListTriggers(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) || IsCRDNotFoundError(err) {