diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index eb14d87467af7..bcdc8554519ca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
  */
 object SparkContext extends Logging {
 
-  private[spark] val SPARK_VERSION = "1.0.0"
+  private[spark] val SPARK_VERSION = Utils.getSparkVersion
 
   private[spark] val SPARK_JOB_DESCRIPTION = "spark.job.description"
 
@@ -1565,4 +1565,3 @@ private[spark] class WritableConverter[T](
     val writableClass: ClassTag[T] => Class[_ <: Writable],
     val convert: Writable => T)
   extends Serializable
-
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala
index 7ca3b08a28728..c0d94ea4b4740 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ private[spark] class MasterPage(parent: MasterWebUI) extends WebUIPage("") {
         <div class="row-fluid">
           <div class="span12">
             <ul class="unstyled">
+              <li><strong>Version:</strong> {Utils.getSparkVersion}</li>
               <li><strong>URL:</strong> {state.uri}</li>
               <li><strong>Workers:</strong> {state.workers.size}</li>
               <li><strong>Cores:</strong> {state.workers.map(_.cores).sum} Total,
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
index 79f314c8dd36c..4eb99d37338c5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala
@@ -1037,6 +1037,11 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
     obj.getClass.getSimpleName.replace("$", "")
   }
 
+  /** Return the current version of Spark */
+  def getSparkVersion: String = {
+    getClass.getPackage.getImplementationVersion
+  }
+
   /** Return an option that translates JNothing to None */
   def jsonOption(json: JValue): Option[JValue] = {
     json match {
diff --git a/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoopInit.scala b/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoopInit.scala
index 910b31d209e13..8fb7d530132ce 100644
--- a/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoopInit.scala
+++ b/repl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoopInit.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import scala.reflect.internal.util.Position
 import scala.util.control.Exception.ignoring
 import scala.tools.nsc.util.stackTraceString
 
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
 /**
  *  Machinery for the asynchronous initialization of the repl.
  */
@@ -26,9 +28,9 @@ trait SparkILoopInit {
       ____              __
      / __/__  ___ _____/ /__
     _\ \/ _ \/ _ `/ __/  '_/
-   /___/ .__/\_,_/_/ /_/\_\   version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+   /___/ .__/\_,_/_/ /_/\_\   version %s
       /_/
-""")
+""".format(Utils.getSparkVersion))
     import Properties._
     val welcomeMsg = "Using Scala %s (%s, Java %s)".format(
       versionString, javaVmName, javaVersion)