diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e4aeb9f4f51..90944d76e83 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ RUN ln -s /srv/node/node_modules
 
 RUN npm run build
 
+RUN GITREF=$(git rev-parse HEAD) \
+GITTAG=$(git name-rev --tags --name-only $GITREF) \
+SOURCE='https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend' && \
+echo "{\"source\": \"$SOURCE\", \
+\"version\": \"$GITTAG\", \
+\"commit\": \"$GITREF\"}" > version.json
+
 ENV SERVER_HOST 0.0.0.0
 ENV SERVER_PORT 4000
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/base.js b/src/core/server/base.js
index 7e76e339803..34accdebd82 100644
--- a/src/core/server/base.js
+++ b/src/core/server/base.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import log from 'core/logger';
 
 
 const env = config.util.getEnv('NODE_ENV');
+const version = path.join(config.get('basePath'), 'version.json');
 const isDeployed = config.get('isDeployed');
 const isDevelopment = config.get('isDevelopment');
 
@@ -65,6 +66,18 @@ function baseServer(routes, createStore, { appInstanceName = appName } = {}) {
 
   app.use(Express.static(path.join(config.get('basePath'), 'dist')));
 
+  // Return version information as json
+  app.get('/__version__', (req, res) => {
+    fs.stat(version, (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.sendStatus(415);
+      } else {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+        fs.createReadStream(version).pipe(res);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   // Return 200 for csp reports - this will need to be overridden when deployed.
   app.post('/__cspreport__', (req, res) => res.status(200).end('ok'));