diff --git a/knife-spork.gemspec b/knife-spork.gemspec
index 32d7a67..8e67747 100644
--- a/knife-spork.gemspec
+++ b/knife-spork.gemspec
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 $:.push File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
 
+require "knife-spork/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.name          = 'knife-spork'
-  gem.version       = '1.6.3'
+  gem.version       = KnifeSpork::Version::VERSION
   gem.authors       = ["Jon Cowie", "Katherine Daniels"]
   gem.email         = ['jonlives@gmail.com', 'kdaniels@etsy.com']
   gem.homepage      = 'https://github.com/jonlives/knife-spork'
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/spork-version.rb b/lib/chef/knife/spork-version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45388a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/spork-version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require 'chef/knife'
+require 'knife-spork/version'
+
+module KnifeSpork
+  class SporkVersion < Chef::Knife
+    banner 'knife spork version'
+
+    def run
+      ui.info KnifeSpork::Version::VERSION
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/knife-spork/version.rb b/lib/knife-spork/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3496d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/knife-spork/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module KnifeSpork
+  module Version
+    VERSION = "1.6.3"
+  end
+end