diff --git a/inema/frank.py b/inema/frank.py
index eddbf7c..2776d1a 100755
--- a/inema/frank.py
+++ b/inema/frank.py
@@ -189,12 +189,18 @@ It's also fine to delimit the recipient lines with newline characters.
       help='update internal format list via webservice')
   p.add_argument('--print', action='store_true', default=False,
       help='Print the retrieved PDF with the lpr command')
+  p.add_argument('--version', '-v', action='store_true',
+      help='Display inema package version')
   return p
 
 def parse_args(*xs):
   arg_parser = mk_arg_parser()
   args = arg_parser.parse_args(*xs)
 
+  if args.version:
+      print(inema.__version__)
+      sys.exit(0)
+
   if args.debug:
     setup_file_logging(args.debug)
   if not args.config: