diff --git a/Sources/specgen/CommandLineParsing/Bootstrap/RootParser.swift b/Sources/specgen/CommandLineParsing/Bootstrap/RootParser.swift
index a6b3d66..e14dfa8 100644
--- a/Sources/specgen/CommandLineParsing/Bootstrap/RootParser.swift
+++ b/Sources/specgen/CommandLineParsing/Bootstrap/RootParser.swift
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ import SPMUtility
 
 class RootParser {
     let argumentParser: ArgumentParser
+    let printVersion: OptionArgument<Bool>
 
     init() {
         argumentParser = ArgumentParser(
             usage: "<subcommand> <options>\nRun '\(ProcessInfo.processInfo.processName) <subcommand> --help' for information about each subcommand",
             overview: "A command line tool for generating podspec files from frameworks, so they can be used in a CocoaPods setup"
         )
+        printVersion = argumentParser.add(option: "--version", shortName: "-v", kind: Bool.self, usage: "Prints the version", completion: nil)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/specgen/main.swift b/Sources/specgen/main.swift
index 7166819..cb02654 100644
--- a/Sources/specgen/main.swift
+++ b/Sources/specgen/main.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ do {
 
     // If execution got to this point, means that the provided arguments are correct
 
+    if commandLineArguments.get(rootParser.printVersion) == true {
+        print(version)
+        exit(0)
+    }
+
     switch try Command(rootParser.argumentParser, commandLineArguments) {
     case .bootstrap:
         let boostrapArgs = BootstrapArguments(commandLineArguments, parser: bootstrapSubparser)