diff --git a/tools/hrw4u/scripts/hrw4u b/tools/hrw4u/scripts/hrw4u
index 91a586a181b..533815a6879 100755
--- a/tools/hrw4u/scripts/hrw4u
+++ b/tools/hrw4u/scripts/hrw4u
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import os
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version as _pkg_version
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -31,7 +32,15 @@ from hrw4u.common import run_main
 from hrw4u.sandbox import SandboxConfig
 
 
+def _package_version() -> str:
+    try:
+        return _pkg_version("apple-hrw4u")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        return "unknown"
+
+
 def _add_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, output_group: argparse._MutuallyExclusiveGroup) -> None:
+    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=f"hrw4u {_package_version()}")
     output_group.add_argument(
         "--output",
         choices=["hrw", "hrw4u"],