diff --git a/cmd/dkl-dir2config/main.go b/cmd/dkl-dir2config/main.go
index eb377d3..41665d0 100644
--- a/cmd/dkl-dir2config/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dkl-dir2config/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"novit.tech/direktil/local-server/pkg/clustersconfig"
 )
 
+var Version = "dev"
+
 var (
 	Debug = false
 
diff --git a/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-context.go b/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-context.go
index 5da29cf..a0bb646 100644
--- a/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-context.go
+++ b/cmd/dkl-dir2config/render-context.go
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ func (ctx *renderContext) renderConfigTo(buf io.Writer, configTemplate *clusters
 		return hex.EncodeToString(ba[:])
 	}
 
+	extraFuncs["version"] = func() string { return Version }
+
 	if err := configTemplate.Execute(ctxName, "config", buf, ctxMap, extraFuncs); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to render config %q for host %q: %v", ctx.Host.Config, ctx.Host.Name, err)
 	}