diff --git a/src/cli/config.h.in b/src/cli/config.h.in
index 30f51d9..719ccb2 100644
--- a/src/cli/config.h.in
+++ b/src/cli/config.h.in
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#define APP_NAME "@APP_NAME@"
+#define PROJECT_NAME "@PROJECT_NAME@"
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define COMPILER_NAME "@COMPILER_NAME@"
+#define COMPILER_VERSION "@COMPILER_VERSION@"
diff --git a/src/cli/main.cpp b/src/cli/main.cpp
index 21a6481..563d78d 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/main.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,27 @@
 #include <cxxopts.hpp>
 #include <string>
 
+#if !defined(STRINGIZE)
+#	define STRINGIZE_IMPL(s) #s
+#	define STRINGIZE(s) STRINGIZE_IMPL(s)
+#endif
+
+namespace {
+	constexpr const char* project_ver() {
+		return STRINGIZE(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR) "."
+			STRINGIZE(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR) "."
+			STRINGIZE(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH);
+	}
+} //unnamed namespace
+
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	using mc::MemoryCard;
 	using std::string;
 
-	cxxopts::Options options(APP_NAME, "PSX memory card inspector");
+	cxxopts::Options options(PROJECT_NAME, "PSX memory card inspector");
 	options.add_options()
 		("h,help", "Show this help and quit")
+		("version", "Print version info")
 		("i,input", "Path to the input memory card file", cxxopts::value<string>()->default_value(""))
 	;
 	auto command = options.parse(argc, argv);
@@ -20,6 +34,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (command.count("version")) {
+		std::cout << PROJECT_NAME << " v" << project_ver()
+			<< " built with " COMPILER_NAME " " COMPILER_VERSION
+			<< std::endl;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	std::string mc_path = command["input"].as<string>();
 	if (mc_path.empty()) {
 		std::cerr << "No input memory card specified, run with --help for usage\n";
diff --git a/src/cli/meson.build b/src/cli/meson.build
index 5d644a6..ce2e29f 100644
--- a/src/cli/meson.build
+++ b/src/cli/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-#add_project_link_arguments(['-lstdc++fs'], language: 'cpp')
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
 conf = configuration_data()
-conf.set('APP_NAME', meson.project_name())
+version_arr = meson.project_version().split('.')
+conf.set('PROJECT_NAME', meson.project_name())
+conf.set('PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR', version_arr[0])
+conf.set('PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR', version_arr[1])
+conf.set('PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH', version_arr[2])
+conf.set('COMPILER_NAME', cpp.get_id())
+conf.set('COMPILER_VERSION', cpp.version())
 config_file = configure_file(
 	input: 'config.h.in',
 	output: 'config.h',