diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ad16b2893..d72095ef2c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ GOFMT ?= gofmt -s
 GOFLAGS := -v -mod=vendor
 EXTRA_GOFLAGS ?=
 
-LDFLAGS := -X "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/version.Version=$(shell git describe --tags --always --abbrev=10 | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/^v//' | sed 's/-g/-/')" -X "main.Tags=$(TAGS)"
+LDFLAGS := -X "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/version.Version=$(shell git describe --tags --always --abbrev=10 | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/^v//' | sed 's/-g/-/')" -X "main.Tags=$(TAGS)" -X "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/version.BuildTime=$(shell date -R)"
 
 PACKAGES ?= $(filter-out code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/integrations,$(shell go list -mod=vendor ./... | grep -v /vendor/))
 SOURCES ?= $(shell find . -name "*.go" -type f)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/version.go b/pkg/cmd/version.go
index c3d43ae32c..cb3c5fcae3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/version.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Print the version number of Vikunja",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("Vikunja api version " + version.Version)
+		fmt.Printf("Vikunja api version %s\n", version.Version)
+		fmt.Printf("Built at %s\n", version.BuildTime)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/web.go b/pkg/cmd/web.go
index f38cf1e328..e264f7bee2 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/web.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/web.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var webCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		// Version notification
-		log.Infof("Vikunja version %s", version.Version)
+		log.Infof("Vikunja version %s, built at %s", version.Version, version.BuildTime)
 
 		// Additional swagger information
 		swagger.SwaggerInfo.Version = version.Version
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 6e55a28ba4..f0b55a1601 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ package version
 
 // Version sets the version to be printed to the user. Gets overwritten by "make release" or "make build" with last git commit or tag.
 var Version = "0.7"
+
+// BuildTime contains the build time of vikunja.
+var BuildTime = ""