diff --git a/build-swellrt.properties b/build-swellrt.properties
index 7cc25831..f1e4d8ec 100644
--- a/build-swellrt.properties
+++ b/build-swellrt.properties
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 # Current versions
-swellrt.version=0.1
+swellrt.version=0.1.0-alpha
 
 swellrt.android.src.dir=android/src
 swellrt.android.lib.dir=android/libs
diff --git a/build-swellrt.xml b/build-swellrt.xml
index 6b120083..be8a552f 100644
--- a/build-swellrt.xml
+++ b/build-swellrt.xml
@@ -405,5 +405,8 @@
   <target name="re-run" description="Clean, recompile and run server" depends="clean, swellrt-clean, compile-gwt, swellrt-js-compile-dev, run-server">
   </target>
 
+  <target name="version" description="Show SwellRT version">
+    <echo>Version=${swellrt.version}</echo>
+  </target>
 
 </project>