diff --git a/lib/routes/index.js b/lib/routes/index.js
index 7e6290ee50..a3d938856b 100644
--- a/lib/routes/index.js
+++ b/lib/routes/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { Router } = require('express');
+const version = require('project-version');
 
 const adminApi = require('./admin-api');
 const clientApi = require('./client-api');
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ exports.router = function(config) {
 
     router.get('/api', (req, res) => {
         res.json({
-            version: 2,
+            name: 'unleash-server',
+            version,
             links: {
                 admin: {
                     uri: '/api/admin',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76989de5ec..6358face52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     "moment": "^2.15.2",
     "parse-database-url": "^0.3.0",
     "pg": "^6.4.2",
+    "project-version": "^1.0.0",
     "prom-client": "^10.0.4",
     "prometheus-gc-stats": "^0.5.0",
     "response-time": "^2.3.2",