diff --git a/podman_compose.py b/podman_compose.py
index 7e9641c..e1a7b72 100755
--- a/podman_compose.py
+++ b/podman_compose.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ except ImportError:
 import json
 import yaml
 
-__version__ = '0.1.5'
+__version__ = '0.1.6dev'
 
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 if PY3:
@@ -894,6 +894,11 @@ class cmd_parse:
 # actual commands
 ###################
 
+@cmd_run(podman_compose, 'version', 'show version')
+def compose_version(compose, args):
+    print("podman-composer version ", __version__)
+    compose.podman.run(["--version"], sleep=0)
+
 @cmd_run(podman_compose, 'pull', 'pull stack images')
 def compose_pull(compose, args):
     for cnt in compose.containers: