diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c b/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
index e5d53c783f..d1d20de470 100644
--- a/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-compose-builtin-tree.c
@@ -628,6 +628,9 @@ impl_install_tree (RpmOstreeTreeComposeContext *self,
       return TRUE;
     }
 
+  /* Report version number */
+  g_print ("rpm-ostree version: %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
+
   /* Read the previous commit */
   if (self->ref)
     {