diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 06cba663..8148056b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 
 	_ "github.com/go-python/gpython/builtin"
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ func main() {
 	args := flag.Args()
 	py.MustGetModule("sys").Globals["argv"] = pysys.MakeArgv(args)
 	if len(args) == 0 {
+
+		fmt.Printf("Python 3.4.0 (%s, %s)\n", commit, date)
+		fmt.Printf("[Gpython %s]\n", version)
+		fmt.Printf("- os/arch: %s/%s\n", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+		fmt.Printf("- go version: %s\n", runtime.Version())
+
 		cli.RunREPL()
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/repl/cli/cli.go b/repl/cli/cli.go
index 1affc2c5..f7618ea9 100644
--- a/repl/cli/cli.go
+++ b/repl/cli/cli.go
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ func RunREPL() {
 		fmt.Printf("Failed to open history: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("Gpython 3.4.0\n")
-
 	for {
 		line, err := rl.Prompt(rl.prompt)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..857ae35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The go-python Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = "none"
+	date    = "unknown"
+)
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