diff --git a/locale/en.json b/locale/en.json
index e45a2fa1..2215c02c 100644
--- a/locale/en.json
+++ b/locale/en.json
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@
     "using_ephemeral": "Staring ephemeral Tor hidden service and awaiting publication",
     "gui_download_progress_complete": "%p%, Time Elapsed: {0:s}",
     "gui_download_progress_starting": "{0:s}, %p% (Computing ETA)",
-    "gui_download_progress_eta": "{0:s}, ETA: {1:s}, %p%"
+    "gui_download_progress_eta": "{0:s}, ETA: {1:s}, %p%",
+    "version_string": "Onionshare {0:s} | https://onionshare.org/"
 }
diff --git a/onionshare/helpers.py b/onionshare/helpers.py
index c2c4793f..43dd7819 100644
--- a/onionshare/helpers.py
+++ b/onionshare/helpers.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def get_html_path(filename):
     """
     Returns the path of the html files.
     """
-    p = platform.system()
+    p = get_platform()
     if p == 'Darwin':
         prefix = os.path.join(osx_resources_dir, 'html')
     else:
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ def get_html_path(filename):
     return os.path.join(prefix, filename)
 
 
+def get_version():
+    """
+    Returns the version of OnionShare that is running.
+    """
+    p = get_platform()
+    if p == 'Linux':
+        version_filename = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/onionshare/version')
+    elif p == 'Darwin':
+        version_filename = os.path.join(helpers.osx_resources_dir, 'version')
+    else:
+        version_filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(helpers.get_onionshare_dir()), 'version')
+    return open(version_filename).read().strip()
+
+
 def constant_time_compare(val1, val2):
     """
     Compares two values in constant time.
diff --git a/onionshare/onionshare.py b/onionshare/onionshare.py
index edc74693..e10fe65d 100644
--- a/onionshare/onionshare.py
+++ b/onionshare/onionshare.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def main(cwd=None):
     onionshare uses.
     """
     strings.load_strings()
+    print strings._('version_string').format(helpers.get_version())
 
     # onionshare CLI in OSX needs to change current working directory (#132)
     if helpers.get_platform() == 'Darwin':
diff --git a/onionshare_gui/onionshare_gui.py b/onionshare_gui/onionshare_gui.py
index 9f2eea70..31f6cea6 100644
--- a/onionshare_gui/onionshare_gui.py
+++ b/onionshare_gui/onionshare_gui.py
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ class OnionShareGui(QtGui.QWidget):
         # status bar
         self.status_bar = QtGui.QStatusBar()
         self.status_bar.setSizeGripEnabled(False)
+        version_label = QtGui.QLabel('v{0:s}'.format(helpers.get_version()))
+        version_label.setStyleSheet('color: #666666;')
+        self.status_bar.addPermanentWidget(version_label)
 
         # main layout
         self.layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
@@ -260,6 +263,7 @@ def main():
     The main() function implements all of the logic that the GUI version of onionshare uses.
     """
     strings.load_strings()
+    print strings._('version_string').format(helpers.get_version())
 
     # start the Qt app
     global qtapp
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f56ff834..21ef0906 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ if system == 'Linux':
             (os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/applications'), ['install/onionshare.desktop']),
             (os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/appdata'), ['install/onionshare.appdata.xml']),
             (os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/pixmaps'), ['install/onionshare80.xpm']),
+            (os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/onionshare'), ['version']),
             (os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/onionshare/images'), images),
             (os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/onionshare/locale'), locale)
         ]