diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/147-version-option.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/147-version-option.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53a6e7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/147-version-option.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - "Add ``--version`` flag to print package version and exit
+    (https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-changelog/pull/147)."
diff --git a/src/antsibull_changelog/cli.py b/src/antsibull_changelog/cli.py
index 49c0e181..30e115dd 100644
--- a/src/antsibull_changelog/cli.py
+++ b/src/antsibull_changelog/cli.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     HAS_ARGCOMPLETE = False
 
+from . import __version__ as _version
 from .ansible import get_ansible_release
 from .changes import ChangesBase, add_release, load_changes
 from .config import ChangelogConfig, CollectionDetails, PathsConfig, TextFormat
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ def create_argparser(program_name: str) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog=program_name, description="Changelog generator and linter."
     )
+    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=_version)
 
     common = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
     common.add_argument(