diff --git a/dockerfile/dockerfile b/dockerfile/dockerfile
index ca17ee0c..2bc8b66a 100644
--- a/dockerfile/dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfile/dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman.git
 RUN go get github.com/Praqma/helmsman/gcs 
 RUN go get github.com/Praqma/helmsman/aws 
 #  build a statically linked binary so that it works on stripped linux images such as alpine/busybox.
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go install -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' helmsman/. 
+RUN cd helmsman \
+    && TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)-$(date +"%s") \
+    && CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go install -a -ldflags '-X main.version='$TAG' -extldflags "-static"' . 
 
 FROM alpine:3.6 as kube
 ENV KUBE_LATEST_VERSION="v1.8.2"