diff --git a/apps/common/templatetags/version_tags.py b/apps/common/templatetags/version_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4e84f4e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/common/templatetags/version_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.template import Library
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
+
+register = Library()
+
+
+@register.simple_tag
+def app_version(app_name):
+    try:
+        app = import_module(app_name)
+        return app.get_version()
+    except ImportError:
+        return u''
diff --git a/apps/main/__init__.py b/apps/main/__init__.py
index adc3d46ade..0735aa3c13 100644
--- a/apps/main/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/main/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,29 @@ check_settings = {'text': _(u'settings'), 'view': 'check_settings', 'famfam': 'c
 statistics = {'text': _(u'statistics'), 'view': 'statistics', 'famfam': 'table'}
 diagnostics = {'text': _(u'diagnostics'), 'view': 'diagnostics', 'famfam': 'pill'}
 
+__version_info__ = {
+    'major': 0,
+    'minor': 5,
+    'micro': 0,
+    'releaselevel': 'alpha',
+    'serial': 1
+}
+
+def get_version():
+    """
+    Return the formatted version information
+    """
+    vers = ["%(major)i.%(minor)i" % __version_info__, ]
+    
+    if __version_info__['micro']:
+        vers.append(".%(micro)i" % __version_info__)
+    if __version_info__['releaselevel'] != 'final':
+        vers.append('%(releaselevel)s%(serial)i' % __version_info__)
+    return ''.join(vers)
+
+__version__ = get_version()
+
+
 main_menu = [
     {'text': _(u'home'), 'view': 'home', 'famfam': 'house', 'position': 0},
     {'text': _(u'tools'), 'view': 'tools_menu', 'links': [
diff --git a/apps/main/templates/about.html b/apps/main/templates/about.html
index a798e60bf2..0e129a8e8b 100644
--- a/apps/main/templates/about.html
+++ b/apps/main/templates/about.html
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load project_tags %}
+{% load version_tags %}
 {% block title %} :: {% trans "About this program" %}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 
 <div class="content">
     <h3 class="tc">
-    {% project_name %}<br /><br />
+    {% project_name %} ({% trans "Version" %} {% app_version "main" %})<br /><br />
     {% trans 'Open source, Django based document manager with custom metadata indexing, file serving integration and OCR capabilities' %}<br /><br />
     <a href="http://www.github.com/rosarior/mayan/">http://www.github.com/rosarior/mayan/</a><br /><br />
     <br/>{% trans "Released under the GPL V3 License" %}