diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2790d156..bb08efc0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 CHECKER_BIN=$(PWD)/tmp/bin
 VERSION_PACKAGE := glide/pkg
 COMMIT ?= $(shell git describe --dirty --long --always --abbrev=15)
-VERSION ?= "latest" # TODO: pull/pass a real version
+BUILD_DATE ?= $(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+VERSION ?= "latest"
 
-LDFLAGS_COMMON := "-s -w -X $(VERSION_PACKAGE).commitSha=$(COMMIT) -X $(VERSION_PACKAGE).version=$(VERSION)"
+LDFLAGS_COMMON := "-s -w -X $(VERSION_PACKAGE).commitSha=$(COMMIT) -X $(VERSION_PACKAGE).version=$(VERSION) -X $(VERSION_PACKAGE).buildDate=$(BUILD_DATE)"
 
 .PHONY: help
 
diff --git a/pkg/version.go b/pkg/version.go
index a178cc64..5ad11003 100644
--- a/pkg/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version.go
@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ var version = "devel"
 // and will be populated by the Makefile
 var commitSha = "unknown"
 
+// buildDate captures the time when the build happened
+var buildDate = "unknown"
+
 var FullVersion string
 
 func init() {
-	FullVersion = fmt.Sprintf("%s (commit: %s, %s)", version, commitSha, runtime.Version())
+	FullVersion = fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%s (commit: %s, runtime: %s, buildDate: %s)",
+		version,
+		commitSha,
+		runtime.Version(),
+		buildDate,
+	)
 }