diff --git a/etcdutl/ctl.go b/etcdutl/ctl.go
index cf85e11d9..a044547c6 100644
--- a/etcdutl/ctl.go
+++ b/etcdutl/ctl.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 		etcdutl.NewBackupCommand(),
 		etcdutl.NewDefragCommand(),
 		etcdutl.NewSnapshotCommand(),
+		etcdutl.NewVersionCommand(),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/etcdutl/etcdutl/common.go b/etcdutl/etcdutl/common.go
index 351a23761..f3ebe3523 100644
--- a/etcdutl/etcdutl/common.go
+++ b/etcdutl/etcdutl/common.go
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ package etcdutl
 import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/cobrautl"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
 func GetLogger() *zap.Logger {
 	config := zap.NewProductionConfig()
 	config.Encoding = "console"
+	config.EncoderConfig.EncodeTime=zapcore.RFC3339TimeEncoder
 	lg, err := config.Build()
 	if err != nil {
 		cobrautl.ExitWithError(cobrautl.ExitBadArgs, err)
diff --git a/etcdutl/etcdutl/version_command.go b/etcdutl/etcdutl/version_command.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cb1a146b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etcdutl/etcdutl/version_command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package etcdutl
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3/version"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// NewVersionCommand prints out the version of etcd.
+func NewVersionCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "version",
+		Short: "Prints the version of etcdutl",
+		Run:   versionCommandFunc,
+	}
+}
+
+func versionCommandFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	fmt.Println("etcdutl version:", version.Version)
+	fmt.Println("API version:", version.APIVersion)
+}
diff --git a/etcdutl/main_test.go b/etcdutl/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b54b2ba23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etcdutl/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func SplitTestArgs(args []string) (testArgs, appArgs []string) {
+	for i, arg := range os.Args {
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-test."):
+			testArgs = append(testArgs, arg)
+		case i == 0:
+			appArgs = append(appArgs, arg)
+			testArgs = append(testArgs, arg)
+		default:
+			appArgs = append(appArgs, arg)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Empty test to avoid no-tests warning.
+func TestEmpty(t *testing.T) {}
+
+/**
+ * The purpose of this "test" is to run etcdctl with code-coverage
+ * collection turned on. The technique is documented here:
+ *
+ * https://www.cyphar.com/blog/post/20170412-golang-integration-coverage
+ */
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	// don't launch etcdutl when invoked via go test
+	if strings.HasSuffix(os.Args[0], "etcdutl.test") {
+		return
+	}
+
+	testArgs, appArgs := SplitTestArgs(os.Args)
+
+	os.Args = appArgs
+
+	err := Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("etcdctl failed with: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// This will generate coverage files:
+	os.Args = testArgs
+	m.Run()
+}