diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py b/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py
index 004fe504..11d79643 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/configuration.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD': True,
     'MEMORY_SESSIONS': False,
     'FETCHMAIL_ENABLED': True,
+    'MAILU_VERSION': 'unknown',
     # Database settings
     'DB_FLAVOR': None,
     'DB_USER': 'mailu',
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ class ConfigManager:
         self.config['HOSTNAME'] = hostnames[0]
         self.config['DEFAULT_SPAM_THRESHOLD'] = int(self.config['DEFAULT_SPAM_THRESHOLD'])
         self.config['PROXY_AUTH_WHITELIST'] = set(ipaddress.ip_network(cidr, False) for cidr in (cidr.strip() for cidr in self.config['PROXY_AUTH_WHITELIST'].split(',')) if cidr)
+        try:
+            self.config['MAILU_VERSION'] = open('/version', 'r').read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
 
         # update the app config
         app.config.update(self.config)
diff --git a/core/admin/mailu/ui/templates/base.html b/core/admin/mailu/ui/templates/base.html
index 2ab21492..f351f719 100644
--- a/core/admin/mailu/ui/templates/base.html
+++ b/core/admin/mailu/ui/templates/base.html
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
           <i class="fa fa-code-branch" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">fork</span>
           on <a href="https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu">Github</a>
         </span>
+        <div style="font-size:60%;line-height:0"><span class="fa-pull-right">{{ config["MAILU_VERSION"] }}</span></div>
       </footer>
     </div>
     <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='vendor.js') }}"></script>