diff --git a/substrate/Cargo.lock b/substrate/Cargo.lock
index affa982bd3..b50575fa80 100644
--- a/substrate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/substrate/Cargo.lock
@@ -5869,6 +5869,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-runtime",
  "sp-state-machine",
  "sp-utils",
+ "sp-version",
  "structopt",
  "substrate-prometheus-endpoint",
  "tempfile",
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
index 75b88877aa..7950df9a0b 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ pub fn run() -> sc_cli::Result<()> {
 		}
 		None => {
 			let runner = cli.create_runner(&cli.run)?;
-			runner.run_node(service::new_light, service::new_full)
+			runner.run_node(
+				service::new_light,
+				service::new_full,
+				node_template_runtime::VERSION
+			)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
index c15769a98a..4643df6072 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ sp-inherents = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../primitives/inherent
 sp-keyring = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../primitives/keyring" }
 sp-io = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../primitives/io" }
 sp-consensus = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../primitives/consensus/common" }
+sp-transaction-pool = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../primitives/transaction-pool" }
 
 # client dependencies
 sc-client-api = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../client/api" }
 sc-client = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../client/" }
 sc-chain-spec = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../client/chain-spec" }
 sc-transaction-pool = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../client/transaction-pool" }
-sp-transaction-pool = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../primitives/transaction-pool" }
 sc-network = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../client/network" }
 sc-consensus-babe = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", path = "../../../client/consensus/babe" }
 grandpa = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", package = "sc-finality-grandpa", path = "../../../client/finality-grandpa" }
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs b/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs
index 179a61cee8..ab7d6ea65e 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
 	match &cli.subcommand {
 		None => {
 			let runner = cli.create_runner(&cli.run)?;
-			runner.run_node(service::new_light, service::new_full)
+			runner.run_node(
+				service::new_light,
+				service::new_full,
+				node_runtime::VERSION
+			)
 		}
 		Some(Subcommand::Inspect(cmd)) => {
 			let runner = cli.create_runner(cmd)?;
diff --git a/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml b/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
index 89247cf016..1043818f7c 100644
--- a/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/client/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sp-blockchain = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../primitives/blockchain
 sc-network = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", path = "../network" }
 sp-runtime = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../primitives/runtime" }
 sp-utils = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../primitives/utils" }
+sp-version = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../primitives/version" }
 sp-core = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.5", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 sc-service = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", default-features = false, path = "../service" }
 sp-state-machine = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.5", path = "../../primitives/state-machine" }
diff --git a/substrate/client/cli/src/runner.rs b/substrate/client/cli/src/runner.rs
index bd5dc7100e..c2c4f9739d 100644
--- a/substrate/client/cli/src/runner.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/cli/src/runner.rs
@@ -134,8 +134,12 @@ impl<C: SubstrateCli> Runner<C> {
 
 	/// A helper function that runs an `AbstractService` with tokio and stops if the process receives
 	/// the signal `SIGTERM` or `SIGINT`.
-	pub fn run_node<FNL, FNF, SL, SF>(self, new_light: FNL, new_full: FNF) -> Result<()>
-	where
+	pub fn run_node<FNL, FNF, SL, SF>(
+		self,
+		new_light: FNL,
+		new_full: FNF,
+		runtime_version: sp_version::RuntimeVersion,
+	) -> Result<()> where
 		FNL: FnOnce(Configuration) -> sc_service::error::Result<SL>,
 		FNF: FnOnce(Configuration) -> sc_service::error::Result<SF>,
 		SL: AbstractService + Unpin,
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ impl<C: SubstrateCli> Runner<C> {
 		info!("📋 Chain specification: {}", self.config.chain_spec.name());
 		info!("🏷  Node name: {}", self.config.network.node_name);
 		info!("👤 Role: {}", self.config.display_role());
+		info!("⛓  Native runtime: {}", runtime_version);
 
 		match self.config.role {
 			Role::Light => self.run_service_until_exit(new_light),