diff --git a/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal b/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal
index 71d36936283..f67d12dc443 100644
--- a/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal
+++ b/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ library
                         Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.KESInfo
                         Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToClient
                         Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToNode
+                        Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeVersion
                         Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NonP2P
                         Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.P2P
                         Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.Peer
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing.hs
index 148322d5282..027d988d086 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing.hs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.StateRep (NodeState)
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.ConsensusStartupException
                    (ConsensusStartupException (..))
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.Peer (PeerT)
+import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeVersion (NodeVersionTrace)
+
 import qualified Ouroboros.Consensus.Network.NodeToClient as NodeToClient
 import qualified Ouroboros.Consensus.Network.NodeToNode as NodeToNode
 import qualified Ouroboros.Consensus.Node.Tracers as Consensus
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ data Tracers peer localPeer blk p2p = Tracers
   , startupTracer         :: !(Tracer IO (StartupTrace blk))
   , shutdownTracer        :: !(Tracer IO ShutdownTrace)
   , nodeInfoTracer        :: !(Tracer IO NodeInfo)
+  , nodeVersionTracer     :: !(Tracer IO NodeVersionTrace)
   , nodeStartupInfoTracer :: !(Tracer IO NodeStartupInfo)
   , nodeStateTracer       :: !(Tracer IO NodeState)
   , resourcesTracer       :: !(Tracer IO ResourceStats)
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Consistency.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Consistency.hs
index d80519bebd6..24a87e6a34a 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Consistency.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Consistency.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.Diffusion ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.KESInfo ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToClient ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToNode ()
+import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeVersion (NodeVersionTrace)
+
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NonP2P ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.P2P ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.Peer
@@ -130,6 +132,9 @@ getAllNamespaces =
                         (allNamespaces :: [Namespace (StartupTrace blk)])
         shutdownNS = map (nsGetTuple . nsReplacePrefix ["Shutdown"])
                         (allNamespaces :: [Namespace ShutdownTrace])
+        nodeVersionNS = map (nsGetTuple . nsReplacePrefix ["Version"])
+                        (allNamespaces :: [Namespace NodeVersionTrace])
+
         chainDBNS = map (nsGetTuple . nsReplacePrefix ["ChainDB"])
                         (allNamespaces :: [Namespace (ChainDB.TraceEvent blk)])
         replayBlockNS = map (nsGetTuple . nsReplacePrefix ["ChainDB", "ReplayBlock"])
@@ -366,6 +371,7 @@ getAllNamespaces =
             <> resourcesNS
             <> startupNS
             <> shutdownNS
+            <> nodeVersionNS
             <> chainDBNS
             <> replayBlockNS
 -- Consensus
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Documentation.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Documentation.hs
index bef9d5cb87b..211b84bcd56 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Documentation.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Documentation.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.ForgingThreadStats (ForgeThreadSta
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.KESInfo ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToClient ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToNode ()
+import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeVersion (NodeVersionTrace)
+
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NonP2P ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.P2P ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.Peer
@@ -192,6 +194,12 @@ docTracersFirstPhase condConfigFileName = do
     nodeStartupInfoDpDoc <- documentTracer
                       (nodeStartupInfoDp :: Trace IO NodeStartupInfo)
 
+    nodeVersionTr <- mkCardanoTracer
+                      trBase trForward mbTrEKG
+                      ["Version"]
+    configureTracers configReflection trConfig  [nodeVersionTr]
+    nodeVersionDoc <- documentTracer (nodeVersionTr :: Trace IO NodeVersionTrace)
+
     -- State tracer
     stateTr   <- mkCardanoTracer
                 trBase trForward mbTrEKG
@@ -677,6 +685,7 @@ docTracersFirstPhase condConfigFileName = do
             <> resourcesTrDoc
             <> startupTrDoc
             <> shutdownTrDoc
+            <> nodeVersionDoc
             <> peersTrDoc
             <> chainDBTrDoc
             <> replayBlockTrDoc
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers.hs
index b62ed90e8ac..9cdc8b161da 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers.hs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.ForgingThreadStats (forgeThreadSta
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.KESInfo
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToClient ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeToNode ()
+import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeVersion (getNodeVersion)
+
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NonP2P ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.P2P ()
 import           Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.Peer ()
@@ -125,6 +127,10 @@ mkDispatchTracers nodeKernel trBase trForward mbTrEKG trDataPoint trConfig enabl
     !chainDBTr <- mkCardanoTracer' trBase trForward mbTrEKG ["ChainDB"]
                                     withAddedToCurrentChainEmptyLimited
     configureTracers configReflection trConfig [chainDBTr]
+
+    !nodeVersionTr <- mkCardanoTracer trBase trForward mbTrEKG ["Version"]
+    configureTracers configReflection trConfig  [nodeVersionTr]
+
     -- Filter out replayed blocks for this tracer
     let chainDBTr' = filterTrace
                       (\case (_, ChainDB.TraceLedgerReplayEvent
@@ -170,6 +176,8 @@ mkDispatchTracers nodeKernel trBase trForward mbTrEKG trDataPoint trConfig enabl
 
     traceEffectiveConfiguration trBase trForward trConfig
 
+    traceWith nodeVersionTr getNodeVersion
+
     pure Tracers
       {
         chainDBTracer = Tracer (traceWith chainDBTr')
@@ -188,6 +196,7 @@ mkDispatchTracers nodeKernel trBase trForward mbTrEKG trDataPoint trConfig enabl
       , nodeStartupInfoTracer = Tracer (traceWith nodeStartupInfoDP)
       , nodeStateTracer = Tracer (traceWith stateTr)
                           <> Tracer (traceWith nodeStateDP)
+      , nodeVersionTracer = Tracer (traceWith nodeVersionTr)
       , resourcesTracer = Tracer (traceWith resourcesTr)
       , peersTracer     = Tracer (traceWith peersTr)
                           <> Tracer (traceNodePeers nodePeersDP)
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/NodeVersion.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/NodeVersion.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2d0d1de930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/NodeVersion.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-name-shadowing #-}
+
+module Cardano.Node.Tracing.Tracers.NodeVersion
+(
+    NodeVersionTrace (..)
+  , getNodeVersion
+)
+ where
+
+import           Cardano.Logging
+import           Data.Aeson (toJSON, (.=))
+import           Data.Text (Text, pack)
+
+import           Data.Version (Version (..), showVersion)
+
+import           Cardano.Git.Rev (gitRev)
+
+import           Paths_cardano_node (version)
+import           System.Info (arch, compilerName, compilerVersion, os)
+
+
+
+data NodeVersionTrace = NodeVersionTrace
+  { applicationName    :: Text
+  , applicationVersion :: Version
+  , osName             :: Text
+  , architecture       :: Text
+  , compilerName       :: Text
+  , compilerVersion    :: Version
+  , gitRevision        :: Text
+  } deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+getNodeVersion :: NodeVersionTrace
+getNodeVersion =
+  let applicationName = "cardano-node"
+      applicationVersion = version
+      osName = pack os
+      architecture = pack arch
+      compilerName = pack System.Info.compilerName
+      compilerVersion = System.Info.compilerVersion
+
+      gitRevision = $(gitRev)
+  in NodeVersionTrace {..}
+
+instance MetaTrace NodeVersionTrace where
+  namespaceFor NodeVersionTrace {}  =
+    Namespace [] ["NodeVersion"]
+  severityFor (Namespace _ ["NodeVersion"]) _ = Just Info
+  severityFor _ _ = Nothing
+
+  documentFor (Namespace _ ["NodeVersion"]) = Just "Node version information"
+
+  documentFor _ = Nothing
+
+  metricsDocFor (Namespace _ ["NodeVersion"]) =
+    [("Cardano.Version.Major", "Cardano node version information")
+    ,("Cardano.Version.Minor", "Cardano node version information")
+    ,("Cardano.Version.Patch", "Cardano node version information")
+    ,("Cardano.Version.GitRevision", "Cardano node version information")
+    ,("Cardano.CompilerName", "Cardano compiler name")
+    ,("Cardano.CompilerMajor", "Cardano compiler version information")
+    ,("Cardano.CompilerMinor", "Cardano compiler version information")
+    ,("Cardano.CompilerPatch", "Cardano compiler version information")
+    ,("Cardano.OSName", "Cardano node operating system information")
+    ,("Cardano.Architecture", "Cardano node architecture information")
+    ,("Cardano_Build_Info", "Cardano node build info")
+    ,("Haskell_Build_Info", "Haskell compiler build information")
+    ]
+  metricsDocFor _ = []
+
+  allNamespaces = [Namespace [] ["NodeVersion"]]
+
+instance LogFormatting NodeVersionTrace where
+  forHuman NodeVersionTrace {..} = mconcat
+    [ "cardano-node ", pack (showVersion applicationVersion)
+    , " git rev ", gitRevision
+    , " - ", pack os, "-", pack arch
+    , " - ", compilerName, "-", pack (showVersion compilerVersion)
+    ]
+
+  forMachine _dtal NodeVersionTrace {..} = mconcat
+
+    [ "applicationName" .= applicationName
+    , "applicationVersion" .= toJSON applicationVersion
+    , "gitRevision" .= gitRevision
+    , "osName" .= osName
+    , "architecture" .= architecture
+    , "compilerName" .= compilerName
+    , "compilerVersion" .= toJSON compilerVersion
+    ]
+
+  asMetrics nvt@NodeVersionTrace {..} =
+    [ IntM "Cardano.Version.Major" (fromIntegral (getMajor applicationVersion))
+    , IntM "Cardano.Version.Minor" (fromIntegral (getMinor applicationVersion))
+    , IntM "Cardano.Version.Patch" (fromIntegral (getPatch applicationVersion))
+    , IntM ("Cardano.Version.GitRevision " <> gitRevision) 1
+    , IntM ("Cardano.CompilerName " <> compilerName) 1
+    , IntM "Cardano.CompilerMajor " (fromIntegral (getMajor compilerVersion))
+    , IntM "Cardano.CompilerMinor " (fromIntegral (getMinor compilerVersion))
+    , IntM "Cardano.CompilerPatch " (fromIntegral (getPatch compilerVersion))
+    , IntM ("Cardano.OSName " <> osName) 1
+    , IntM ("Cardano.Architecture " <> architecture) 1
+    , IntM ("Cardano_Build_Info " <> getCardanoBuildInfo nvt) 1
+    , IntM ("Haskell_Build_Info " <> getHaskellBuildInfo nvt) 1
+    ]
+
+getCardanoBuildInfo :: NodeVersionTrace -> Text
+getCardanoBuildInfo NodeVersionTrace {..} = pack $ showVersion applicationVersion
+
+
+getHaskellBuildInfo :: NodeVersionTrace -> Text
+getHaskellBuildInfo NodeVersionTrace {..} = pack $ showVersion compilerVersion
+
+getMajor :: Version -> Int
+getMajor (Version (x:_) _) = x
+getMajor _ = 0
+
+getMinor :: Version -> Int
+getMinor (Version (_:x:_) _) = x
+getMinor _ = 0
+
+
+getPatch :: Version -> Int
+getPatch (Version (_:_:x:_) _) = x
+getPatch _ = 0
+
+
+
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/Startup.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/Startup.hs
index edbc2c2ffd3..d275072e392 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/Startup.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/Startup.hs
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ import           Cardano.Logging
 import           Cardano.Node.Configuration.POM (NodeConfiguration, ncProtocol)
 import           Cardano.Node.Configuration.Socket
 import           Cardano.Node.Protocol (SomeConsensusProtocol (..))
+
 import           Cardano.Node.Startup
+
 import           Cardano.Slotting.Slot (EpochSize (..))
 import qualified Ouroboros.Consensus.BlockchainTime.WallClock.Types as WCT
 import           Ouroboros.Consensus.Byron.Ledger.Conversions (fromByronEpochSlots,
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ import           Data.Text (Text, pack)
 import           Data.Time (getCurrentTime)
 import           Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (POSIXTime, utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds)
 import           Data.Version (showVersion)
+
 import           Network.Socket (SockAddr)
 
 import           Paths_cardano_node (version)
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/Tracers.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/Tracers.hs
index 497e4879d0e..99eabc81f62 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/Tracers.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/Tracers.hs
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ nullTracersP2P = Tracers
   , nodeInfoTracer = nullTracer
   , nodeStartupInfoTracer = nullTracer
   , nodeStateTracer = nullTracer
+  , nodeVersionTracer = nullTracer
   , resourcesTracer = nullTracer
   , peersTracer = nullTracer
   }
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ nullTracersNonP2P = Tracers
   , nodeInfoTracer = nullTracer
   , nodeStartupInfoTracer = nullTracer
   , nodeStateTracer = nullTracer
+  , nodeVersionTracer = nullTracer
   , resourcesTracer = nullTracer
   , peersTracer = nullTracer
   }
@@ -341,6 +343,7 @@ mkTracers blockConfig tOpts@(TracingOnLegacy trSel) tr nodeKern ekgDirect enable
     , nodeInfoTracer = nullTracer
     , nodeStartupInfoTracer = nullTracer
     , nodeStateTracer = nullTracer
+    , nodeVersionTracer = nullTracer
     , resourcesTracer = nullTracer
     , peersTracer = nullTracer
     }
@@ -486,6 +489,7 @@ mkTracers _ _ _ _ _ enableP2P =
     , nodeInfoTracer = nullTracer
     , nodeStartupInfoTracer = nullTracer
     , nodeStateTracer = nullTracer
+    , nodeVersionTracer = nullTracer
     , resourcesTracer = nullTracer
     , peersTracer = nullTracer
     }
diff --git a/nix/workbench/service/tracing.nix b/nix/workbench/service/tracing.nix
index 1f661802d75..e2ff2b14b0d 100644
--- a/nix/workbench/service/tracing.nix
+++ b/nix/workbench/service/tracing.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ let
       "TxSubmission.Remote".severity = "Notice";
       "TxSubmission.TxInbound".severity = "Debug";
       "TxSubmission.TxOutbound".severity = "Notice";
+      "Version.NodeVersion".severity = "Info";
       };
   };