diff --git a/info/flags.go b/info/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcd3860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/info/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package info
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Safing/portbase/modules"
+)
+
+var (
+	showVersion bool
+)
+
+func init() {
+	modules.Register("info", prep, start, stop)
+
+	flag.BoolVar(&showVersion, "version", false, "show version and exit")
+}
+
+func prep() error {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(os.Args[0], ".test") {
+		if name == "[NAME]" ||
+			version == "[version unknown]" ||
+			commit == "[commit unknown]" ||
+			buildOptions == "[options unknown]" ||
+			buildUser == "[user unknown]" ||
+			buildHost == "[host unknown]" ||
+			buildDate == "[date unknown]" ||
+			buildSource == "[source unknown]" {
+			return errors.New("please build using the supplied build script.\n$ ./build {main.go|...}")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if showVersion {
+		fmt.Println(FullVersion())
+		return modules.ErrCleanExit
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func start() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func stop() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/info/version.go b/info/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fa035a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/info/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package info
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	name         = "[NAME]"
+	version      = "[version unknown]"
+	commit       = "[commit unknown]"
+	buildOptions = "[options unknown]"
+	buildUser    = "[user unknown]"
+	buildHost    = "[host unknown]"
+	buildDate    = "[date unknown]"
+	buildSource  = "[source unknown]"
+)
+
+type Info struct {
+	Name         string
+	Version      string
+	Commit       string
+	BuildOptions string
+	BuildUser    string
+	BuildHost    string
+	BuildDate    string
+	BuildSource  string
+}
+
+func Set(setName string, setVersion string) {
+	name = setName
+	version = setVersion
+}
+
+func GetInfo() *Info {
+	return &Info{
+		Name:         name,
+		Version:      version,
+		Commit:       commit,
+		BuildOptions: buildOptions,
+		BuildUser:    buildUser,
+		BuildHost:    buildHost,
+		BuildDate:    buildDate,
+		BuildSource:  buildSource,
+	}
+}
+
+func Version() string {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(commit, fmt.Sprintf("v%s-0-", version)) {
+		return version
+	} else {
+		return version + "*"
+	}
+}
+
+func FullVersion() string {
+	s := ""
+	if strings.HasPrefix(commit, fmt.Sprintf("v%s-0-", version)) {
+		s += fmt.Sprintf("%s\nversion %s\n", name, version)
+	} else {
+		s += fmt.Sprintf("%s\ndevelopment build, built on top version %s\n", name, version)
+	}
+	s += fmt.Sprintf("\ncommit %s\n", commit)
+	s += fmt.Sprintf("built with %s (%s) %s/%s\n", runtime.Version(), runtime.Compiler, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	s += fmt.Sprintf("  using options %s\n", strings.Replace(buildOptions, "§", " ", -1))
+	s += fmt.Sprintf("  by %s@%s\n", buildUser, buildHost)
+	s += fmt.Sprintf("  on %s\n", buildDate)
+	s += fmt.Sprintf("\nLicensed under the AGPL license.\nThe source code is available here: %s", buildSource)
+	return s
+}