diff --git a/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py b/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py
index 3f28766..6dbef37 100644
--- a/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py
+++ b/youtube_transcript_api/_cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from typing import List
 
 from .proxies import GenericProxyConfig, WebshareProxyConfig
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ def _fetch_transcript(
 
         return transcript.fetch()
 
+    def _get_version(self):
+        try:
+            return version("youtube-transcript-api")
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
+            return "unknown"
+
     def _parse_args(self):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
             description=(
@@ -99,6 +106,11 @@ def _parse_args(self):
                 "other selenium based solutions do!"
             )
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--version",
+            action="version",
+            version=f"%(prog)s, version {self._get_version()}",
+        )
         parser.add_argument(
             "--list-transcripts",
             action="store_const",
diff --git a/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py b/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py
index 3edccf9..78c23c3 100644
--- a/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py
+++ b/youtube_transcript_api/test/test_cli.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import pytest
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from unittest import TestCase
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import json
+import subprocess
 
 from youtube_transcript_api import (
     YouTubeTranscriptApi,
@@ -340,3 +342,29 @@ def test_run__cookies(self):
             proxy_config=None,
             cookie_path="blahblah.txt",
         )
+
+    def test_version_matches_metadata(self):
+        """
+        `youtube_transcript_api --version` should return the same version as in the package metadata.
+        """
+        expected_version_msg = (
+            f"youtube_transcript_api, version {version('youtube-transcript-api')}"
+        )
+
+        cli_version_msg = subprocess.run(
+            ["youtube_transcript_api", "--version"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=True,
+        ).stdout.strip()
+
+        assert (
+            cli_version_msg == expected_version_msg
+        ), f"Expected version '{expected_version_msg}', but got '{cli_version_msg}'"
+
+    def test_get_version_package_not_found(self):
+        with patch(
+            "youtube_transcript_api._cli.version", side_effect=PackageNotFoundError
+        ):
+            cli = YouTubeTranscriptCli([])
+            assert cli._get_version() == "unknown"