diff --git a/lib/tasks/version.rake b/lib/tasks/version.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50339b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/version.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'noosfero'
+desc "shows noosfero version"
+task :version do
+  puts "noosfero, version #{Noosfero::VERSION}"
+end
--
libgit2 0.21.2