diff --git a/substrate/cli/src/lib.rs b/substrate/cli/src/lib.rs
index ab31b6312dd89..462eb0605f5f6 100644
--- a/substrate/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ extern crate exit_future;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
-#[macro_use]
 extern crate clap;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate error_chain;
@@ -168,6 +167,10 @@ where
 {
 	panic_hook::set();
 
+	let full_version = service::config::full_version_from_strs(
+		version.version,
+		version.commit
+	);
 	let yaml = format!(include_str!("./cli.yml"),
 		name = version.executable_name,
 		description = version.description,
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ where
 	);
 	let yaml = &clap::YamlLoader::load_from_str(&yaml).expect("Invalid yml file")[0];
 	let matches = match clap::App::from_yaml(yaml)
-		.version(&(crate_version!().to_owned() + "\n")[..])
+		.version(&(full_version + "\n")[..])
 		.get_matches_from_safe(args) {
 			Ok(m) => m,
 			Err(e) => e.exit(),
diff --git a/substrate/service/src/config.rs b/substrate/service/src/config.rs
index b3e42c9b6c0f5..5eda5fe1000d7 100644
--- a/substrate/service/src/config.rs
+++ b/substrate/service/src/config.rs
@@ -101,17 +101,9 @@ impl<C: Default, G: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + BuildStorage> Configuration<C
 		configuration
 	}
 
-	/// Returns platform info
-	pub fn platform() -> String {
-		let env = Target::env();
-		let env_dash = if env.is_empty() { "" } else { "-" };
-		format!("{}-{}{}{}", Target::arch(), Target::os(), env_dash, env)
-	}
-
-	/// Returns full version string.
+	/// Returns full version string of this configuration.
 	pub fn full_version(&self) -> String {
-		let commit_dash = if self.impl_commit.is_empty() { "" } else { "-" };
-		format!("{}{}{}-{}", self.impl_version, commit_dash, self.impl_commit, Self::platform())
+		full_version_from_strs(self.impl_version, self.impl_commit)
 	}
 
 	/// Implementation id and version.
@@ -119,3 +111,17 @@ impl<C: Default, G: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + BuildStorage> Configuration<C
 		format!("{}/v{}", self.impl_name, self.full_version())
 	}
 }
+
+/// Returns platform info
+pub fn platform() -> String {
+	let env = Target::env();
+	let env_dash = if env.is_empty() { "" } else { "-" };
+	format!("{}-{}{}{}", Target::arch(), Target::os(), env_dash, env)
+}
+	
+/// Returns full version string, using supplied version and commit.
+pub fn full_version_from_strs(impl_version: &str, impl_commit: &str) -> String {
+	let commit_dash = if impl_commit.is_empty() { "" } else { "-" };
+	format!("{}{}{}-{}", impl_version, commit_dash, impl_commit, platform())
+}
+
diff --git a/substrate/service/src/lib.rs b/substrate/service/src/lib.rs
index 1c7a85a285372..2bc0e272e4951 100644
--- a/substrate/service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/service/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 
 mod components;
 mod error;
-mod config;
 mod chain_spec;
+pub mod config;
 pub mod chain_ops;
 
 use std::io;