diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 61404aeb..28dba6b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "built 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "cgmath 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "clap 2.26.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "clap 2.27.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "toml 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "url 1.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "cmake 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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+
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+[[package]]
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+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
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-
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@@ -1151,6 +1193,14 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustc-serialize 0.3.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1160,13 +1210,16 @@ dependencies = [
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-name = "unicode-normalization"
-version = "0.1.5"
+name = "unicode-bidi"
+version = "0.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "matches 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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-name = "unicode-segmentation"
-version = "1.2.0"
+name = "unicode-normalization"
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 [[package]]
@@ -1187,6 +1240,16 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "url"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+ "percent-encoding 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e983e3a2..cca84f27 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ nightly = []
 bench = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
+built = "0.2.0"
 gl_generator = "0.5.5"
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 0bdea324..da0c6130 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
+extern crate built;
 extern crate gl_generator;
 
 use gl_generator::{Registry, Api, Profile, Fallbacks, GlobalGenerator};
@@ -27,4 +28,6 @@ fn main() {
         ])
         .write_bindings(GlobalGenerator, &mut file)
         .unwrap();
+
+    built::write_built_file().unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 04e83987..f1b27d26 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 extern crate log;
+use built_info;
 use clap::{Arg, App};
 use index::{Line, Column};
 use config::{Dimensions, Shell};
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 const DEFAULT_TITLE: &'static str = "Alacritty";
 
+fn crate_long_version() -> String {
+    format!("{} (git commit {}) [{} build using {}])",
+        built_info::PKG_VERSION,
+        built_info::GIT_VERSION.unwrap_or(""),
+        built_info::PROFILE,
+        built_info::RUSTC_VERSION)
+}
+
 /// Options specified on the command line
 pub struct Options {
     pub live_config_reload: Option<bool>,
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ impl Options {
 
         let matches = App::new(crate_name!())
             .version(crate_version!())
+            .long_version(crate_long_version().as_str())
             .author(crate_authors!("\n"))
             .about(crate_description!())
             .arg(Arg::with_name("ref-test")
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 255215c7..081259cd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -108,3 +108,8 @@ pub mod gl {
     #![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
     include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/gl_bindings.rs"));
 }
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod built_info {
+    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/built.rs"));
+}