diff --git a/cmd/console/main.go b/cmd/console/main.go
index 4457237..283107d 100644
--- a/cmd/console/main.go
+++ b/cmd/console/main.go
@@ -18,13 +18,20 @@ import (
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 
 	"github.com/Ronin48/NetworkInventoryAgent/cmd/console/tui"
+	"github.com/Ronin48/NetworkInventoryAgent/cmd/internal/runtime"
 	"github.com/Ronin48/NetworkInventoryAgent/internal/sqlite"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	dbPath := flag.String("db", "inventory.db", "path to SQLite database file")
+	showVersion := flag.Bool("version", false, "print version and exit")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if *showVersion {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "console %s\n", runtime.VersionString())
+		return
+	}
+
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	defer stop()
 
diff --git a/cmd/internal/runtime/runtime.go b/cmd/internal/runtime/runtime.go
index 0be970d..7e440f0 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ import (
 // of truth for both -version and any future User-Agent / metric exposition.
 var Version = ""
 
-// versionString returns a printable version. Falls back to the VCS revision
+// VersionString returns a printable version. Falls back to the VCS revision
 // embedded by `go build` when Version is empty, which covers the
-// non-goreleaser local-build case.
-func versionString() string {
+// non-goreleaser local-build case. Exported so cmd/console (which doesn't
+// go through Run) can produce the same -version output.
+func VersionString() string {
 	if Version != "" {
 		return Version
 	}
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func Run(opts Options) int {
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if *showVersion {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%s %s\n", opts.Name, versionString())
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%s %s\n", opts.Name, VersionString())
 		return 0
 	}