diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2d1ded8e..7dc6849d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -433,7 +433,9 @@ usbguard_SOURCES=\
 	src/CLI/usbguard-add-user.cpp \
 	src/CLI/usbguard-add-user.hpp \
 	src/CLI/usbguard-remove-user.cpp \
-	src/CLI/usbguard-remove-user.hpp
+	src/CLI/usbguard-remove-user.hpp \
+	src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.cpp \
+	src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.hpp
 
 usbguard_CXXFLAGS=\
 	$(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1f5be3a3..2d783342 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/build-config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects foreign tar-pax])
 
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT)
 AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION)
 AC_SUBST(LT_AGE)
 
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PLATFORM_ID], ["${host}"], [platform id for display purposes])
+# we don't mind if we don't have the lsb_release utility. But if we have, it's
+# nice to have the extra information.
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PLATFORM_ID_LSB], ["`lsb_release -d`"], [platform id for display purposes])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([coverage],
      [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-coverage], [enable instrumented compilation for code coverage testing (default=no)])],
      [case "${enableval}" in
diff --git a/src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.cpp b/src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b814db7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+// Authors: Attila Lakatos <alakatos@redhat.com>
+//
+#ifdef HAVE_BUILD_CONFIG_H
+  #include <build-config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "usbguard.hpp"
+#include "usbguard-print-version.hpp"
+
+#include "usbguard/IPCClient.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace usbguard
+{
+  int usbguard_print_version(__attribute__((unused)) int argc, __attribute__((unused)) char* argv[])
+  {
+    if (argc != 1) {
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "usbguard " << PACKAGE_VERSION << " compiled with:" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Platform: \t\t\t" << PLATFORM_ID << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Platform (lsb_release -d)" << "\t" << PLATFORM_ID_LSB << std::endl;
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_AUDIT
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Linux audit support:\t\t" << HAVE_LINUX_AUDIT << std::endl;
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAPNG
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Libcapng support:\t\t" << HAVE_LIBCAPNG << std::endl;
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SECCOMP
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Seccomp support:\t\t" << HAVE_SECCOMP << std::endl;
+#endif
+#ifdef SYSTEMD_SUPPORT_ENABLED
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Systemd support:\t\t" << SYSTEMD_SUPPORT_ENABLED << std::endl;
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_UMOCKDEV
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Umockdev support:\t\t" << HAVE_UMOCKDEV << std::endl;
+#endif
+    std::string crypto;
+#ifdef USBGUARD_USE_LIBGCRYPT
+    crypto = "libgcrypt";
+#elif USBGUARD_USE_LIBSODIUM
+    crypto = "libsodium";
+#elif USBGUARD_USE_OPENSSL
+    crypto = "openssl";
+#else
+    crypto = "unknown";
+#endif
+    std::cout << "\t" << "Crypto backend library:\t\t" << crypto << std::endl;
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  }
+} /* namespace usbguard */
+
+/* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et */
diff --git a/src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.hpp b/src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c33efcd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CLI/usbguard-print-version.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+// Authors: Attila Lakatos <alakatos@redhat.com>
+//
+#pragma once
+#ifdef HAVE_BUILD_CONFIG_H
+  #include <build-config.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace usbguard
+{
+  int usbguard_print_version(int argc, char** argv);
+} /* namespace usbguard */
+
+/* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et */
diff --git a/src/CLI/usbguard.cpp b/src/CLI/usbguard.cpp
index 2fc9758b..82b30f61 100644
--- a/src/CLI/usbguard.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI/usbguard.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "usbguard-read-descriptor.hpp"
 #include "usbguard-add-user.hpp"
 #include "usbguard-remove-user.hpp"
+#include "usbguard-print-version.hpp"
 
 namespace usbguard
 {
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ namespace usbguard
     { "watch", &usbguard_watch },
     { "read-descriptor", &usbguard_read_descriptor },
     { "add-user", &usbguard_add_user },
-    { "remove-user", &usbguard_remove_user }
+    { "remove-user", &usbguard_remove_user },
+    { "--version", &usbguard_print_version }
   };
 
   static void showTopLevelHelp(std::ostream& stream = std::cout)