diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 669a0a36d..393ec506c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ endif
 # use a separate waku discv5 network with `protocol-id="d5waku"`
 NIM_PARAMS := $(NIM_PARAMS) -d:discv5_protocol_id:d5waku
 
+# git version for JSON RPC call
+GIT_VERSION := "$(shell git describe --abbrev=6 --always --tags)"
+NIM_PARAMS := $(NIM_PARAMS) -d:git_version:\"$(GIT_VERSION)\"
+
 deps: | deps-common nat-libs waku.nims rlnlib
 ifneq ($(USE_LIBBACKTRACE), 0)
 deps: | libbacktrace
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/debug_api.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/debug_api.nim
index 0b3810d4c..a3ae5a110 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/debug_api.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/debug_api.nim
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import
 logScope:
   topics = "debug api"
 
+const 
+  git_version {.strdefine.} = "n/a"
+
 proc installDebugApiHandlers*(node: WakuNode, rpcsrv: RpcServer) =
 
   ## Debug API version 1 definitions
@@ -17,3 +20,10 @@ proc installDebugApiHandlers*(node: WakuNode, rpcsrv: RpcServer) =
     debug "get_waku_v2_debug_v1_info"
 
     return node.info()
+
+  rpcsrv.rpc("get_waku_v2_debug_v1_version") do() -> string:
+    ## Returns information about WakuNode
+    debug "get_waku_v2_debug_v1_version"
+
+    return git_version
+