diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0c781f..690c5e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Use `qt show` to inspect a single run, `qt list` to see a list of all runs, and
 Common commands:
 
 ```bash
+qt --version
 qt run <eval_name>
 qt list
 qt show <run_id>
diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
index 8c75c28..178cc76 100644
--- a/cli/README.md
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ qt show 1
 
 > See the [CLI reference](https://quantiles.io/documentation/reference/cli) for a detailed list of `qt` commands.
 
+Print the installed CLI version with `qt --version`.
+
 ### Custom evaluations
 
 Custom evaluations are denoted in the configuration file with `type = "custom_code"`. The `command` array tells the CLI how to execute your eval, and the optional `input` table is merged with any values passed through the `--input` flag, then passed to your script as `QUANTILES_INPUT`. An example is below:
diff --git a/cli/src/cli.rs b/cli/src/cli.rs
index 8bae80c..4777bfa 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,29 @@
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 
+pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-#[command(name = "qt")]
+#[command(
+    name = "qt",
+    // By default, clap builds in a `--version` flag that produces output with the version number
+    // prefixed by the binary name. For example:
+    //
+    // qt v0.1.2.
+    //
+    // This setting disables this default output, so we can manually output _just_ the actual version
+    // number, so that agents and scripts don't have to parse out the `qt...` prefix.
+    disable_version_flag = true,
+    arg_required_else_help = true
+)]
 #[command(
     about = "A full-featured local-native toolchain for running and analyzing AI evals at scale"
 )]
 pub struct Cli {
+    /// Print the qt version.
+    #[arg(long, exclusive = true)]
+    pub version: bool,
     #[command(subcommand)]
-    pub command: Command,
+    pub command: Option<Command>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 176c68b..e542ba9 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 async fn async_main(process_start: Instant) -> Result<()> {
     let cli = cli::Cli::parse();
 
-    match cli.command {
+    if cli.version {
+        println!("{}", cli::VERSION);
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    match cli.command.expect("clap requires a subcommand") {
         cli::Command::Init => commands::init().await,
         cli::Command::List { json } => commands::list(json).await,
         cli::Command::Compare { run_a, run_b, json } => commands::compare(run_a, run_b, json).await,
diff --git a/cli/tests/version.rs b/cli/tests/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4a7b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use assert_cmd::Command;
+use predicates::prelude::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn version_flag_prints_cargo_package_version_without_a_prefix() {
+    let expected = predicate::eq(format!("{}\n", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
+
+    Command::new(assert_cmd::cargo::cargo_bin!("qt"))
+        .arg("--version")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(expected);
+}