diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2ecffb1f..dd1afd19 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## build ergo binary
 FROM golang:1.17-alpine3.13 AS build-env
 
-RUN apk add -U --force-refresh --no-cache --purge --clean-protected -l -u make
+RUN apk add -U --force-refresh --no-cache --purge --clean-protected -l -u make git
 
 # copy ergo source
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ergochat/ergo
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ecc5622..18d39f20 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 .PHONY: all install build release capdefs test smoke gofmt irctest
 
 GIT_COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null)
+GIT_TAG := $(shell git tag --points-at HEAD 2> /dev/null | head -n 1)
 
 capdef_file = ./irc/caps/defs.go
 
 all: install
 
 install:
-	go install -v -ldflags "-X main.commit=$(GIT_COMMIT)"
+	go install -v -ldflags "-X main.commit=$(GIT_COMMIT) -X main.version=$(GIT_TAG)"
 
 build:
-	go build -v -ldflags "-X main.commit=$(GIT_COMMIT)"
+	go build -v -ldflags "-X main.commit=$(GIT_COMMIT) -X main.version=$(GIT_TAG)"
 
 release:
 	goreleaser --skip-publish --rm-dist