diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89395b7cd..0e1950011 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 output
 schema/validate
 code-of-conduct.md
+version.md
diff --git a/.tool/version-doc.go b/.tool/version-doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f36bfe4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tool/version-doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// +build ignore
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+)
+
+var markdownTemplateString = `
+
+**Specification Version:** *{{.}}*
+
+`
+
+var markdownTemplate = template.Must(template.New("markdown").Parse(markdownTemplateString))
+
+func main() {
+	if err := markdownTemplate.Execute(os.Stdout, specs.Version); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e270ca0bd..69724b96a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 DOCKER ?= $(shell which docker)
 # These docs are in an order that determines how they show up in the PDF/HTML docs.
 DOC_FILES := \
+	version.md \
 	README.md \
 	code-of-conduct.md \
 	principles.md \
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ output/docs.html: $(DOC_FILES)
 code-of-conduct.md:
 	curl -o $@ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opencontainers/tob/d2f9d68c1332870e40693fe077d311e0742bc73d/code-of-conduct.md
 
+version.md: ./specs-go/version.go
+	go run ./.tool/version-doc.go > $@
+
 HOST_GOLANG_VERSION	= $(shell go version | cut -d ' ' -f3 | cut -c 3-)
 # this variable is used like a function. First arg is the minimum version, Second arg is the version to be checked.
 ALLOWED_GO_VERSION	= $(shell test '$(shell /bin/echo -e "$(1)\n$(2)" | sort -V | head -n1)' == '$(1)' && echo 'true')