diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d249e6a..227264ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -599,6 +599,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "piper",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "built"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c360505aed52b7ec96a3636c3f039d99103c37d1d9b4f7a8c743d3ea9ffcd03b"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "git2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.16.0"
@@ -626,6 +636,8 @@ version = "1.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a012a0df96dd6d06ba9a1b29d6402d1a5d77c6befd2566afdc26e10603dc93d7"
 dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+ "libc",
  "shlex",
 ]
 
@@ -1129,6 +1141,19 @@ version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git2"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b903b73e45dc0c6c596f2d37eccece7c1c8bb6e4407b001096387c63d0d93724"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "libc",
+ "libgit2-sys",
+ "log",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1680,6 +1705,15 @@ version = "1.0.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d75a2a4b1b190afb6f5425f10f6a8f959d2ea0b9c2b1d79553551850539e4674"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48d1dbcbbeb6a7fec7e059840aa538bd62aaccf972c7346c4d9d2059312853d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.76"
@@ -1720,6 +1754,18 @@ version = "0.2.169"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5aba8db14291edd000dfcc4d620c7ebfb122c613afb886ca8803fa4e128a20a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libgit2-sys"
+version = "0.17.0+1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10472326a8a6477c3c20a64547b0059e4b0d086869eee31e6d7da728a8eb7224"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -1737,6 +1783,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
+version = "1.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2d16453e800a8cf6dd2fc3eb4bc99b786a9b90c663b8559a5b1a041bf89e472"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.14"
@@ -1909,6 +1967,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "axum",
  "axum-extra",
+ "built",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "futures",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3355f25f..5f671e62 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ async-graphql-axum = "7.0.13"
 axum = "0.7.9"
 axum-extra = { version = "0.9.3", features = ["typed-header"] }
 chrono = "0.4.39"
-clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["cargo", "derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["cargo", "derive", "env", "string"] }
 futures = "0.3.31"
 opentelemetry = "0.27.1"
 opentelemetry-otlp = "0.27.0"
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@ httpmock = { version = "0.7.0", default-features = false }
 rstest = "0.23.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.133"
 tempfile = "3.14.0"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+built = { version = "0.7.5", features = ["git2", "chrono"] }
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4b4f489f..704c001f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ RUN rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
     apt-get install -y musl-tools musl-dev && \
     update-ca-certificates
 
+WORKDIR /build
+
 COPY ./Cargo.toml ./Cargo.toml
 COPY ./Cargo.lock ./Cargo.lock
+COPY ./build.rs ./build.rs
 COPY ./.env ./.env
 COPY ./src ./src
 COPY ./.sqlx ./.sqlx
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/numt
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="Central co-ordinator for scan numbers and file locations"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses=Apache-2.0
 
-COPY --from=build ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/numtracker /app/numtracker
+COPY --from=build /build/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/numtracker /app/numtracker
 
 CMD ["serve"]
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/numtracker"]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 3a8149ef..e8290fd3 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 fn main() {
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+    println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed=migrations");
+    built::write_built_file().expect("Failed to write build time information");
+    // Force the application to be rebuilt after committing to ensure build info is up to date
+    println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed=.git/refs");
 }
diff --git a/src/build_info.rs b/src/build_info.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..692b86f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/build_info.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+//! Compile time build information provided by built
+
+use chrono::Local;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/built.rs"));
+
+/// User friendly label for marking a build as debug or not
+pub const DEBUG_LABEL: &str = if DEBUG { " (debug)" } else { "" };
+/// User friendly label for indicating repo state
+pub const DIRTY_LABEL: &str = match GIT_DIRTY {
+    Some(true) => " (+unstaged changes)",
+    _ => "",
+};
+
+pub fn build_info() -> String {
+    format!(
+        concat!("- {}{}\n", "Built: {}\n", "Commit: {}{}"),
+        PKG_VERSION,
+        DEBUG_LABEL,
+        BUILT_TIME_UTC,
+        GIT_COMMIT_HASH.unwrap_or("Unknown"),
+        DIRTY_LABEL
+    )
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct ServerStatus {
+    version: String,
+    start_time: String,
+    build: String,
+}
+
+impl ServerStatus {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            version: PKG_VERSION.into(),
+            start_time: Local::now().to_rfc3339(),
+            build: GIT_COMMIT_HASH.unwrap_or("Unknown").into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 2017c65d..7adaece1 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use tracing::Level;
 use url::Url;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+#[clap(version)]
+#[clap(long_version = crate::build_info::build_info())]
 pub struct Cli {
     #[clap(short, long, default_value = "numtracker.db", env = "NUMTRACKER_DB")]
     pub(crate) db: PathBuf,
diff --git a/src/graphql.rs b/src/graphql.rs
index 389a7bf6..e9dcbd30 100644
--- a/src/graphql.rs
+++ b/src/graphql.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use async_graphql_axum::{GraphQLRequest, GraphQLResponse};
 use auth::{AuthError, PolicyCheck};
 use axum::response::{Html, IntoResponse};
 use axum::routing::{get, post};
-use axum::{Extension, Router};
+use axum::{Extension, Json, Router};
 use axum_extra::headers::authorization::Bearer;
 use axum_extra::headers::Authorization;
 use axum_extra::TypedHeader;
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use chrono::{Datelike, Local};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tracing::{info, instrument, trace, warn};
 
+use crate::build_info::ServerStatus;
 use crate::cli::ServeOptions;
 use crate::db_service::{
     BeamlineConfiguration, BeamlineConfigurationUpdate, SqliteScanPathService,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ use crate::template::{FieldSource, PathTemplate};
 mod auth;
 
 pub async fn serve_graphql(db: &Path, opts: ServeOptions) {
+    let server_status = Json(ServerStatus::new());
     let db = SqliteScanPathService::connect(db)
         .await
         .expect("Unable to open DB");
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ pub async fn serve_graphql(db: &Path, opts: ServeOptions) {
     let app = Router::new()
         // status check endpoint allows external processes to monitor status of server without
         // making graphql queries
-        .route("/status", get(|| async {}))
+        .route("/status", get(server_status))
         .route("/graphql", post(graphql_handler))
         .route("/graphiql", get(graphiql))
         .layer(Extension(schema));
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7dedb89..3a1d227e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use cli::{Cli, Command};
 use tracing::debug;
 
+mod build_info;
 mod cli;
 mod db_service;
 mod graphql;