diff --git a/airflow/cli/__main__.py b/airflow/cli/__main__.py
index 2ae6c91cb39f1..e2ee6a0178457 100644
--- a/airflow/cli/__main__.py
+++ b/airflow/cli/__main__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 # under the License.
 
 from airflow.cli import airflow_cmd
+from airflow.cli.commands import version
+
+__all__ = ["version"]
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     airflow_cmd(obj={})
diff --git a/airflow/cli/commands/version.py b/airflow/cli/commands/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b90f37ad8ace7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airflow/cli/commands/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+"""Version command"""
+from airflow.cli import airflow_cmd
+
+
+@airflow_cmd.command('version')
+def version():
+    """Displays Airflow version at the command line"""
+    from rich.console import Console
+
+    import airflow
+
+    Console().print(airflow.__version__)
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_version.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fa767345d5335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+
+import unittest
+
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+
+import airflow
+from airflow.cli.commands.version import version
+
+
+class TestCliVersion(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_cli_version(self):
+        runner = CliRunner()
+        response = runner.invoke(version)
+
+        assert response.exit_code == 0
+        assert airflow.__version__ in response.output