diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f49f95e73449..87c842b710a6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 PACKAGES_NOSIMULATION=$(shell go list ./... | grep -v '/simulation')
 PACKAGES_SIMTEST=$(shell go list ./... | grep '/simulation')
 VERSION := $(shell echo $(shell git describe --always) | sed 's/^v//')
+TMVERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/tendermint/tendermint | sed 's:.* ::')
 COMMIT := $(shell git log -1 --format='%H')
 LEDGER_ENABLED ?= true
 BINDIR ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=sim \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.AppName=simd \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit=$(COMMIT) \
-		  -X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)"
+		  -X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)" \
+			-X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.TMCoreSemVer=$(TMVERSION)
 
 # DB backend selection
 ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))