diff --git a/PENDING.md b/PENDING.md
index 490fd171fa9..89537e412bd 100644
--- a/PENDING.md
+++ b/PENDING.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ BREAKING CHANGES
   * https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/2838 - Move store keys to constants
   * [\#3162](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3162) The `--gas` flag now takes `auto` instead of `simulate`
     in order to trigger a simulation of the tx before the actual execution.
+  * [\#3285](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3285) New `gaiad tendermint version` to print libs versions
 
 
 * SDK
diff --git a/server/tm_cmds.go b/server/tm_cmds.go
index 9d835171159..e2c57b761e2 100644
--- a/server/tm_cmds.go
+++ b/server/tm_cmds.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	tcmd "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint/commands"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	pvm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/privval"
+	tversion "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
@@ -89,6 +90,26 @@ func ShowAddressCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
+// VersionCmd prints tendermint and ABCI version numbers.
+func VersionCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "version",
+		Short: "Print tendermint libraries' version",
+		Long: `Print Tendermint's and ABCI's version numbers
+against which this app has been compiled.
+`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+
+			fmt.Printf(`tendermint: %s
+ABCI: %s
+`, tversion.Version, tversion.ABCIVersion)
+
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
 func printlnJSON(v interface{}) error {
 	cdc := codec.New()
 	codec.RegisterCrypto(cdc)
diff --git a/server/util.go b/server/util.go
index dec3a6d4aa1..5092cab9ad8 100644
--- a/server/util.go
+++ b/server/util.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func AddCommands(
 		ShowNodeIDCmd(ctx),
 		ShowValidatorCmd(ctx),
 		ShowAddressCmd(ctx),
+		VersionCmd(ctx),
 	)
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(