diff --git a/src/modelinfo/cli.py b/src/modelinfo/cli.py
index 474bfd3..18aa340 100644
--- a/src/modelinfo/cli.py
+++ b/src/modelinfo/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from typing import Sequence
-
 from modelinfo.architecture import identify_architecture_name
 from modelinfo.calculator import calculate_footprint
 from modelinfo.parsers.gguf import parse_gguf_header
@@ -12,6 +11,29 @@
 from modelinfo.ui import console, print_model_info, print_compare_info
 
 
+class VersionAction(argparse.Action):
+    def __init__(self, option_strings, dest=argparse.SUPPRESS, default=argparse.SUPPRESS, help="show program's version number and exit"):
+        super().__init__(
+            option_strings=option_strings,
+            dest=dest,
+            default=default,
+            nargs=0,
+            help=help,
+        )
+
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+        from modelinfo import __version__
+
+        try:
+            ver = version("modelinfo-cli")
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
+            ver = __version__
+
+        print(f"{parser.prog} {ver}")
+        parser.exit()
+
+
 def parse_args(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog="modelinfo",
@@ -72,6 +94,11 @@ def parse_args(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
         default=0.9,
         help="vLLM gpu_memory_utilization ratio (default 0.9). Reserves 10 percent for PyTorch context.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--version",
+        action=VersionAction,
+    )
 
     return parser.parse_args(argv)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a29100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import pytest
+
+from modelinfo import __version__
+from modelinfo.cli import parse_args
+
+
+def test_version_flag_prints_installed_version(capsys):
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+        parse_args(["--version"])
+
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 0
+    assert f"modelinfo {__version__}" in capsys.readouterr().out