diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793cb6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.PHONY: build install test
+
+version=$(shell ./version.sh)
+
+build:
+	go build -ldflags "-X main.version=${version}" ./cmd/gofs
+
+install:
+	go install -ldflags "-X main.version=${version}" ./cmd/gofs
+
+test:
+	go test ./...
diff --git a/cmd/gofs/main.go b/cmd/gofs/main.go
index 733c1cd..c489b49 100644
--- a/cmd/gofs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gofs/main.go
@@ -15,18 +15,23 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/units"
-
-	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
-
-	"github.com/gochain-io/gofs"
-
 	"github.com/gochain-io/gochain/v3/common"
 	"github.com/gochain-io/gochain/v3/core/types"
 	"github.com/gochain-io/gochain/v3/crypto"
+	"github.com/gochain-io/gofs"
 	"github.com/gochain-io/web3"
+	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
+var version string
+
+func init() {
+	if version == "" {
+		version = "unknown"
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	// Interrupt cancellation.
 	ctx, cancelFn := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	app := cli.NewApp()
 	app.Name = "gofs"
-	app.Version = "0.0.1"
+	app.Version = version
 	app.Usage = "GoChain filesystem cli tool"
 	var api, rpc, contract string
 	//TODO var recursive bool
diff --git a/tag.sh b/tag.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7206490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+git tag -f -a "v$1" -m "version $1"
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a59629c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+git describe --always --dirty