diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d0d3b159..89cbb5c4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/rancher/aks-operator/controller"
 	aksv1 "github.com/rancher/aks-operator/pkg/generated/controllers/aks.cattle.io"
+	"github.com/rancher/aks-operator/pkg/version"
 	core3 "github.com/rancher/wrangler/v3/pkg/generated/controllers/core"
 	"github.com/rancher/wrangler/v3/pkg/kubeconfig"
 	"github.com/rancher/wrangler/v3/pkg/signals"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 		logrus.Debugf("Loglevel set to [%v]", logrus.DebugLevel)
 	}
+	logrus.Infof("Starting aks-operator (version: %s, commit: %s)", version.Version, version.GitCommit)
 
 	// This will load the kubeconfig file in a style the same as kubectl
 	cfg, err := kubeconfig.GetNonInteractiveClientConfig(kubeconfigFile).ClientConfig()
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a40ac92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package version
+
+var (
+	GitCommit string
+	Version   string
+)