diff --git a/lib/facter/consul_version.rb b/lib/facter/consul_version.rb
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+++ b/lib/facter/consul_version.rb
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+# consul_version.rb
+
+Facter.add(:consul_version) do
+  confine :kernel => 'Linux'
+  setcode do
+    version = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('consul --version 2> /dev/null')
+    version = version.lines.first.split[1].tr('v','')
+    version
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/facter/consul_version_spec.rb b/spec/unit/facter/consul_version_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/unit/facter/consul_version_spec.rb
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+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Facter::Util::Fact do
+  before {
+    Facter.clear
+  }
+
+  describe "consul_version" do
+
+    context 'Returns consul version on Linux'
+    it do
+      consul_version_output = <<-EOS
+Consul v0.6.0
+Consul Protocol: 3 (Understands back to: 1)
+      EOS
+      allow(Facter.fact(:kernel)).to receive(:value).and_return("Linux")
+      allow(Facter::Util::Resolution).to receive(:exec).with('consul --version 2> /dev/null').
+        and_return(consul_version_output)
+      expect(Facter.fact(:consul_version).value).to match('0.6.0')
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end