diff --git a/bin/drupal.php b/bin/drupal.php
index 9bbba07bc..99b3314d7 100644
--- a/bin/drupal.php
+++ b/bin/drupal.php
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
     exit(1);
 }
 
-$application = new Application($container);
+if (!isset($launcherVersion))
+  $launcherVersion = FALSE;
+
+$application = new Application($container, $launcherVersion);
 $application->setDefaultCommand('about');
 $application->run();
diff --git a/src/Application.php b/src/Application.php
index 8bf741c7c..4bf664a6a 100644
--- a/src/Application.php
+++ b/src/Application.php
@@ -27,11 +27,54 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication
      */
     const VERSION = '1.0.0-rc18';
 
-    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container)
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $launcherVersion;
+
+    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container, $launcherVersion = FALSE)
     {
+        $this->setLauncherVersion($launcherVersion);
         parent::__construct($container, $this::NAME, $this::VERSION);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the long version of the application.
+     *
+     * @return string The long application version
+     */
+    public function getLongVersion()
+    {
+        $output = '';
+
+        if ($this->launcherVersion) {
+          $output .= sprintf('<info>%s</info> version <comment>%s</comment>', $this->getName() . ' Launcher', $this->getLauncherVersion());
+          $output .= PHP_EOL;
+        }
+
+        if ('UNKNOWN' !== $this->getName()) {
+            if ('UNKNOWN' !== $this->getVersion()) {
+                $output .= sprintf('<info>%s</info> version <comment>%s</comment>', $this->getName(), $this->getVersion());
+            }
+            else {
+              $output .= sprintf('<info>%s</info>', $this->getName());
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+          $output .= '<info>Console Tool</info>';
+        }
+
+        return $output;
+    }
+
+    public function setLauncherVersion ($launcherVersion) {
+      $this->launcherVersion = $launcherVersion;
+    }
+
+    public function getLauncherVersion ($launcherVersion) {
+      return $this->launcherVersion;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */