diff --git a/cli/version/version.go b/cli/version/version.go
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+/*
+ * Portions copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ * Original copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * 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.
+ */
+package version
+
+// Default build-time variable.
+// These values can (should) be overridden via ldflags when built with
+// `make`
+var (
+	Version   = "unknown-version"
+	GoVersion = "unknown-goversion"
+	GitCommit = "unknown-commit"
+	BuildTime = "unknown-buildtime"
+	Os        = "unknown-os"
+	Arch      = "unknown-arch"
+)