diff --git a/config/version/version.go b/config/version/version.go
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index 0000000..ea2441d
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+++ b/config/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Package version is used to inject build time information via -X variables
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/log"
+)
+
+// Default build-time variable.
+// These values can (should) be overridden via ldflags when built with
+// `make`
+var (
+	version   = "unknown-version"
+	goVersion = "unknown-goversion"
+	vcsRef    = "unknown-vcsref"
+	vcsDirty  = "unknown-vcsdirty"
+	buildTime = "unknown-buildtime"
+	os        = "unknown-os"
+	arch      = "unknown-arch"
+)
+
+// InfoType is a collection of build time environment variables
+type InfoType struct {
+	Version   string `json:"version"`
+	GoVersion string `json:"goversion"`
+	VcsRef    string `json:"vcsref"`
+	VcsDirty  string `json:"vcsdirty"`
+	BuildTime string `json:"buildtime"`
+	Os        string `json:"os"`
+	Arch      string `json:"arch"`
+}
+
+// VersionInfo is an instance of build time environment variables populated at build time via -X arguments
+var VersionInfo InfoType
+
+func init() {
+	VersionInfo = InfoType{
+		Version:   version,
+		VcsRef:    vcsRef,
+		VcsDirty:  vcsDirty,
+		GoVersion: goVersion,
+		Os:        os,
+		Arch:      arch,
+		BuildTime: buildTime,
+	}
+	_, _ = log.AddPackage(log.CONSOLE, log.DebugLevel, nil)
+}
+
+func (v InfoType) String(indent string) string {
+	builder := strings.Builder{}
+
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sVersion:      %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.Version))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sGoVersion:    %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.GoVersion))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sVCS Ref:      %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.VcsRef))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sVCS Dirty:    %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.VcsDirty))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sBuilt:        %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.BuildTime))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sOS/Arch:      %s/%s\n", indent, VersionInfo.Os, VersionInfo.Arch))
+	return builder.String()
+}
+
+func GetCodeVersion() string {
+	if VersionInfo.Version == "unknown-version" {
+		content, err := ioutil.ReadFile("VERSION")
+		if err == nil {
+			return (string(content))
+		} else {
+			log.Error("VERSION-file not readable")
+			return VersionInfo.Version
+		}
+	} else {
+		return VersionInfo.Version
+	}
+}