diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/core/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/core/mod.nu
index 2c4a863426..3a010c1fb3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/core/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/core/mod.nu
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ use std/dt [datetime-diff, pretty-print-duration]
 # Print a banner for nushell with information about the project
 export def banner [] {
 let dt = (datetime-diff (date now) 2019-05-10T09:59:12-07:00)
+let ver = (version)
 
 let banner_msg = $"(ansi green)     __  ,(ansi reset)
 (ansi green) .--\(\)°'.' (ansi reset)Welcome to (ansi green)Nushell(ansi reset),
 (ansi green)'|, . ,'   (ansi reset)based on the (ansi green)nu(ansi reset) language,
 (ansi green) !_-\(_\\    (ansi reset)where all data is structured!
 
+Version: (ansi green)($ver.version) \(($ver.build_os)\)
 Please join our (ansi purple)Discord(ansi reset) community at (ansi purple)https://discord.gg/NtAbbGn(ansi reset)
 Our (ansi green_bold)GitHub(ansi reset) repository is at (ansi green_bold)https://github.com/nushell/nushell(ansi reset)
 Our (ansi green)Documentation(ansi reset) is located at (ansi green)https://nushell.sh(ansi reset)
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/tests/test_core.nu b/crates/nu-std/tests/test_core.nu
index eca7cddd61..654a1bcedf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/tests/test_core.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/tests/test_core.nu
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ use std/assert
 #[test]
 def banner [] {
     use std/core
-    assert ((core banner | lines | length) == 15)
+    assert ((core banner | lines | length) == 16)
 }