diff --git a/hooks/build b/hooks/build
index a945e0323d8daf194905302848c7a0ea9d3e74a5..a5891dfc514ae74b22ca1b831602bf2384c1c1c6 100755
--- a/hooks/build
+++ b/hooks/build
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 # $IMAGE_NAME var is injected into the build so the tag is correct. 
 docker build --build-arg BUILD_DATE=`date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"` \
              --build-arg VCS_REF=`git rev-parse --short HEAD` \
+             --build-arg KUBEBENCH_VERSION=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0` \
              -t $IMAGE_NAME .