diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 2af5418..4b6d4e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 :262: https://github.com/stackabletech/agent/pull/262[#262]
 :267: https://github.com/stackabletech/agent/pull/267[#267]
+:270: https://github.com/stackabletech/agent/pull/270[#270]
 
 === Changed
 * Lazy validation of repository URLs changed to eager validation
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 * `certificates.k8s.io/v1` used instead of `certificates.k8s.io/v1beta1`
   so that the Stackable Agent is now compatible with Kubernetes v1.22
   but not any longer with versions prior to v1.19 ({267}).
+* Prints self-diagnostic information on startup ({270})
 
 == 0.5.0 - 2021-07-26
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cc84ca6..8f68f7a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -281,6 +281,17 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1522ac6ee801a11bf9ef3f80403f4ede6eb41291fac3dde3de09989679305f25"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "built"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f346b6890a0dfa7266974910e7df2d5088120dd54721b9b0e5aae1ae5e05715"
+dependencies = [
+ "cargo-lock",
+ "chrono",
+ "git2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.7.0"
@@ -327,11 +338,26 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "631ae5198c9be5e753e5cc215e1bd73c2b466a3565173db433f52bb9d3e66dba"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-lock"
+version = "7.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fb04b88bd5b2036e30704f95c6ee16f3b5ca3b4ca307da2889d9006648e5c88"
+dependencies = [
+ "semver 1.0.4",
+ "serde",
+ "toml",
+ "url 2.2.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e70cc2f62c6ce1868963827bd677764c62d07c3d9a3e1fb1177ee1a9ab199eb2"
+dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -916,6 +942,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git2"
+version = "0.13.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "659cd14835e75b64d9dba5b660463506763cf0aa6cb640aeeb0e98d841093490"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "libc",
+ "libgit2-sys",
+ "log",
+ "url 2.2.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1239,6 +1278,15 @@ version = "0.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd25036021b0de88a0aff6b850051563c6516d0bf53f8638938edbb9de732736"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af25a77299a7f711a01975c35a6a424eb6862092cc2d6c72c4ed6cbc56dfc1fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.51"
@@ -1484,6 +1532,18 @@ version = "0.2.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a7f823d141fe0a24df1e23b4af4e3c7ba9e5966ec514ea068c93024aa7deb765"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libgit2-sys"
+version = "0.12.22+1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "89c53ac117c44f7042ad8d8f5681378dfbc6010e49ec2c0d1f11dfedc7a4a1c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libsystemd-sys"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -1495,6 +1555,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "de5435b8549c16d423ed0c03dbaafe57cf6c3344744f1242520d59c9d8ecec66"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.4"
@@ -2526,6 +2598,9 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "568a8e6258aa33c13358f81fd834adb854c6f7c9468520910a9b1e8fac068012"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver-parser"
@@ -2750,6 +2825,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "Inflector",
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
+ "built",
  "byteorder",
  "dirs",
  "env_logger 0.9.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa9b180..fb5788c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 name = "stackable-agent"
 version = "0.6.0-nightly"
+build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 # We are currently referencing the Krustlet directly from a Stackable fork of the official repository.
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ indoc = "1.0"
 rstest = "0.11"
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+built = { version =  "0.5", features = ["chrono", "git2"] }
+
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = "s"
 lto = true
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8f91cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    built::write_built_file().expect("Failed to acquire build-time information");
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/stackable-agent.rs b/src/bin/stackable-agent.rs
index 29d066b..560aed0 100644
--- a/src/bin/stackable-agent.rs
+++ b/src/bin/stackable-agent.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ use stackable_config::ConfigBuilder;
 use stackable_agent::config::AgentConfig;
 use stackable_agent::provider::StackableProvider;
 
+mod built_info {
+    // The file has been placed there by the build script.
+    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/built.rs"));
+}
+
+pub fn print_startup_string(
+    pkg_version: &str,
+    git_version: Option<&str>,
+    target: &str,
+    built_time: &str,
+    rustc_version: &str,
+) {
+    let git_information = match git_version {
+        None => "".to_string(),
+        Some(git) => format!(" (Git information: {})", git),
+    };
+    info!("Starting the Stackable Agent");
+    info!(
+        "This is version {}{}, built for {} by {} at {}",
+        pkg_version, git_information, target, rustc_version, built_time
+    )
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // Initialize the logger
@@ -18,6 +41,15 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         ConfigBuilder::build(env::args_os().collect::<Vec<OsString>>(), "CONFIG_FILE")
             .expect("Error initializing Configuration!");
 
+    // Make sure to only print diagnostic information once we are actually trying to start
+    print_startup_string(
+        built_info::PKG_VERSION,
+        built_info::GIT_VERSION,
+        built_info::TARGET,
+        built_info::BUILT_TIME_UTC,
+        built_info::RUSTC_VERSION,
+    );
+
     // Currently the only way to _properly_ configure the Krustlet is via these environment exports,
     // as their config object only offers methods that parse from command line flags (or combinations
     // of those flags with other things).