diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54ef5dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.0.0-RC1
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/SettingsController.php
index 4c4014a6..8feb9be6 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/SettingsController.php
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
                 'icon'   => 'ion-paintbucket',
                 'active' => false,
             ],
+            'about' => [
+                'title'  => CACHET_VERSION,
+                'url'    => 'javascript: void(0);',
+                'icon'   => 'ion-flag',
+                'active' => false,
+            ],
         ];
 
         View::share([
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 61a874ac..0355e450 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             return Dispatcher::simpleMapping($command, 'CachetHQ\Cachet', 'CachetHQ\Cachet\Handlers');
         });
 
+        define('CACHET_VERSION', trim(file_get_contents($this->app->basePath().'/VERSION')));
+
         Str::macro('canonicalize', function ($url) {
             return preg_replace('/([^\/])$/', '$1/', $url);
         });