diff --git a/mythril/interfaces/cli.py b/mythril/interfaces/cli.py
index b9a910e0..efda3b53 100644
--- a/mythril/interfaces/cli.py
+++ b/mythril/interfaces/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """mythril.py: Bug hunting on the Ethereum blockchain
 
    http://www.github.com/ConsenSys/mythril
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import argparse
 
 from mythril.exceptions import CriticalError
 from mythril.mythril import Mythril
+from mythril.version import VERSION
 
 
 def exit_with_error(format, message):
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ def main():
 
     commands = parser.add_argument_group('commands')
     commands.add_argument('-g', '--graph', help='generate a control flow graph')
+    commands.add_argument('-V', '--version', action='store_true',
+                          help='print the Mythril version number and exit')
     commands.add_argument('-x', '--fire-lasers', action='store_true',
                           help='detect vulnerabilities, use with -c, -a or solidity file(s)')
     commands.add_argument('-t', '--truffle', action='store_true',
@@ -84,6 +87,10 @@ def main():
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    if args.version:
+        print("Mythril version {}".format(VERSION))
+        sys.exit()
+
     # -- args sanity checks --
     # Detect unsupported combinations of command line args
 
diff --git a/mythril/version.py b/mythril/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e606aa4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mythril/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file is suitable for sourcing inside POSIX shell, e.g. bash as
+# well as for importing into Python
+VERSION="v0.18.9"  # NOQA
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ec606d3e..dd8d79ec 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.install import install
+from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 import os
 
+# To make lint checkers happy we set VERSION here, but
+# it is redefined by the exec below
+VERSION = None
+
 # Package version (vX.Y.Z). It must match git tag being used for CircleCI
 # deployment; otherwise the build will failed.
 
-VERSION = "v0.18.9"
-
+version_path = (Path(__file__).parent / 'mythril' / 'version.py').absolute()
+exec(open(version_path, 'r').read())
 
 class VerifyVersionCommand(install):
     """Custom command to verify that the git tag matches our version"""