diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42c2f96e..58dd126c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ TODO.org
 bin
 build
 compile_commands.json
+.vscode/settings.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5773c560..4779f8c2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,32 @@ endif()
 
 project(SignalEstimator)
 
+set(PROJECT_VERSION 0.1.0)
+
+# Compilation information 
 option(BUILD_GUI "build Qt GUI" ON)
 option(ENABLE_SANITIZERS "enable sanitizers" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_WERROR "enable -Werror" OFF)
 
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpmachine
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_TRIPLET
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+
 set(TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX "" CACHE STRING "target host triplet, e.g. aarch64-linux-gnu")
+
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_DATE "%b %d %Y")
+string(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_TIME "%H:%M:%S")
+
+add_compile_definitions(
+    PROJECT_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}"
+    TARGET_TRIPLET="${GCC_TRIPLET}"
+    BUILD_DATE="${CURRENT_DATE}"
+    BUILD_TIME="${CURRENT_TIME}"
+)
+
+
 include("cmake/SetupToolchain.cmake")
 include("cmake/ThirdParty.cmake")
 
diff --git a/src/cli/Main.cpp b/src/cli/Main.cpp
index c2e1dd08..15624eba 100644
--- a/src/cli/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/Main.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 using namespace signal_estimator;
 
+    
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     Config config;
     std::string mode = "latency_corr";
@@ -23,11 +24,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
                 output_format = PcmFormat().to_string();
     int verbosity = 0;
     bool list_supported = false;
+    bool show_version = false;
 
     CLI::App app { "Measure characteristics of a looped back signal",
         "signal-estimator" };
 
-    app.formatter(std::make_shared<Formatter>());
+    app.formatter(std::make_shared<Formatter>()); 
+
+    app.add_flag(
+        "-V,--version",show_version, "Show software version");   
 
     app.add_flag(
         "-L,--list-supported", list_supported, "Print supported features and exit");
@@ -189,6 +194,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }
 
+    if(show_version){
+        print_compilation_information(std::cerr);
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
     // parse mode
     const std::map<std::string, Mode> mode_map {
         { "latency_corr", Mode::LatencyCorr },
diff --git a/src/cli/Print.cpp b/src/cli/Print.cpp
index ba627f0b..52a4b52c 100644
--- a/src/cli/Print.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/Print.cpp
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ void print_supported_formats(std::ostream& out) {
         }
     }
 }
-
-} // namespace signal_estimator
+void print_compilation_information(std::ostream& out) {
+    out<<"Signal Estimator "<< PROJECT_VERSION << "\n";
+    out << "Built for " << TARGET_TRIPLET <<" at "<<BUILD_DATE<<" "<<BUILD_TIME << "\n";
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/Print.hpp b/src/cli/Print.hpp
index 40aa3903..3ac48423 100644
--- a/src/cli/Print.hpp
+++ b/src/cli/Print.hpp
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ namespace signal_estimator {
 
 void print_supported_formats(std::ostream& out);
 
+void print_compilation_information(std::ostream& out);
+
 } // namespace signal_estimator