diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4adb6ee..35e0928 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 INSTALL_ARGS :=	# todo: add --break-system-packages if ubuntu
 
+# Get git version information for make install
+GIT_DESCRIBE := $(shell git describe --always --long --dirty)
+
 .PHONY: init
 init:
 	cd virtme_ng_init && cargo install --path . --root ../virtme/guest
@@ -7,4 +10,5 @@ init:
 # see README.md '* Install from source'
 install: install_from_source
 install_from_source:
+	@echo "Version: $(GIT_DESCRIBE)"
 	BUILD_VIRTME_NG_INIT=1 pip3 install --verbose -r requirements.txt $(INSTALL_ARGS) .