diff --git a/internal/base/base.go b/internal/base/base.go
index f559589..2159e22 100644
--- a/internal/base/base.go
+++ b/internal/base/base.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
 )
 
+// Version of asynq library and CLI.
+const Version = "0.10.0"
+
 // DefaultQueueName is the queue name used if none are specified by user.
 const DefaultQueueName = "default"
 
diff --git a/tools/asynq/cmd/migrate.go b/tools/asynq/cmd/migrate.go
index cf883cf..a0fe238 100644
--- a/tools/asynq/cmd/migrate.go
+++ b/tools/asynq/cmd/migrate.go
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-const version = "v0.10.0" // TODO: Define this version string in a more canonical place.
-
 // migrateCmd represents the migrate command
 var migrateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "migrate",
-	Short: fmt.Sprintf("Migrate all tasks to be compatible with asynq@%s", version),
-	Long:  fmt.Sprintf("Migrate (asynq migrate) will convert all tasks in redis to be compatible with asynq@%s.", version),
+	Short: fmt.Sprintf("Migrate all tasks to be compatible with asynq@%s", base.Version),
+	Long:  fmt.Sprintf("Migrate (asynq migrate) will convert all tasks in redis to be compatible with asynq@%s.", base.Version),
 	Run:   migrate,
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go b/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go
index 8056ac5..12ceaa4 100644
--- a/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go
+++ b/tools/asynq/cmd/root.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/base"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
@@ -26,9 +27,20 @@ var password string
 
 // rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "asynq",
-	Short: "A monitoring tool for asynq queues",
-	Long:  `Asynq is a montoring CLI to inspect tasks and queues managed by asynq.`,
+	Use:     "asynq",
+	Short:   "A monitoring tool for asynq queues",
+	Long:    `Asynq is a montoring CLI to inspect tasks and queues managed by asynq.`,
+	Version: base.Version,
+}
+
+var versionOutput = fmt.Sprintf("asynq version %s\n", base.Version)
+
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:    "version",
+	Hidden: true,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Print(versionOutput)
+	},
 }
 
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
@@ -43,6 +55,9 @@ func Execute() {
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
 
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+	rootCmd.SetVersionTemplate(versionOutput)
+
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file to set flag defaut values (default is $HOME/.asynq.yaml)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&uri, "uri", "u", "127.0.0.1:6379", "redis server URI")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&db, "db", "n", 0, "redis database number (default is 0)")