diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be5a14b8730..864af20728d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -633,6 +633,26 @@ version = "0.4.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f6b64db6932c7e49332728e3a6bd82c6b7e16016607d20923b537c3bc4c0d5f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format"
+version = "0.2.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7309d9b4d3d2c0641e018d449232f2e28f1b22933c137f157d3dbc14228b8c0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_format_proc_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format_proc_macros"
+version = "0.2.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d897f47bf7270cf70d370f8f98c1abb6d2d4cf60a6845d30e05bfb90c6568650"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -1256,6 +1276,28 @@ version = "0.27.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dec7af912d60cdbd3677c1af9352ebae6fb8394d165568a2234df0fa00f87793"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git-version"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6b0decc02f4636b9ccad390dcbe77b722a77efedfa393caf8379a51d5c61899"
+dependencies = [
+ "git-version-macro",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "git-version-macro"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fe69f1cbdb6e28af2bac214e943b99ce8a0a06b447d15d3e61161b0423139f3f"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1692,8 +1734,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "barretenberg_wasm",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "clap 2.34.0",
+ "const_format",
  "dirs 4.0.0",
  "fm",
+ "git-version",
  "hex",
  "iter-extended",
  "marlin_arkworks_backend",
@@ -2070,6 +2114,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-hack"
+version = "0.5.20+deprecated"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.50"
diff --git a/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml b/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml
index ea018cd7ead..78c470a704b 100644
--- a/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nargo/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ serde_derive.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 serde = "1.0.123"
 clap = "2.33.3"
+const_format = "0.2.30"
+git-version = "0.3.5"
 hex = "0.4.2"
 termcolor = "1.1.2"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
diff --git a/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs b/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs
index 2faf739585e..01c42817a53 100644
--- a/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 pub use check_cmd::check_from_path;
 use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg};
+use const_format::formatcp;
+use git_version::git_version;
 use noirc_abi::{
     input_parser::{Format, InputValue},
     Abi,
@@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ mod new_cmd;
 mod prove_cmd;
 mod verify_cmd;
 
+const SHORT_GIT_HASH: &str = git_version!(prefix = "git:");
+const VERSION_STRING: &str = formatcp!("{} ({})", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), SHORT_GIT_HASH);
+
 pub fn start_cli() {
     let allow_warnings = Arg::with_name("allow-warnings")
         .long("allow-warnings")
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn start_cli() {
 
     let matches = App::new("nargo")
         .about("Noir's package manager")
-        .version("0.1")
+        .version(VERSION_STRING)
         .author("Kevaundray Wedderburn <kevtheappdev@gmail.com>")
         .subcommand(
             App::new("check")