diff --git a/interop/Dockerfile b/interop/Dockerfile
index 76686d31..380aad37 100644
--- a/interop/Dockerfile
+++ b/interop/Dockerfile
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go && \
 WORKDIR /quic-go
 
 RUN git rev-parse HEAD > commit.txt
-RUN go build -o server interop/server/main.go && \
- go build -o client interop/client/main.go
+RUN go build -o server -ldflags="-X github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/qlog.quicGoVersion=$(git describe --always --long --dirty)" interop/server/main.go
+RUN go build -o client -ldflags="-X github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/qlog.quicGoVersion=$(git describe --always --long --dirty)" interop/client/main.go
 
 
 FROM martenseemann/quic-network-simulator-endpoint:latest
diff --git a/qlog/qlog.go b/qlog/qlog.go
index b6be0416..d06eb7a4 100644
--- a/qlog/qlog.go
+++ b/qlog/qlog.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -17,6 +18,34 @@ import (
 	"github.com/francoispqt/gojay"
 )
 
+// Setting of this only works when quic-go is used as a library.
+// When building a binary from this repository, the version can be set using the following go build flag:
+// -ldflags="-X github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/qlog.quicGoVersion=foobar"
+var quicGoVersion = "(devel)"
+
+func init() {
+	if quicGoVersion != "(devel)" { // variable set by ldflags
+		return
+	}
+	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if !ok { // no build info available. This happens when quic-go is not used as a library.
+		return
+	}
+	for _, d := range info.Deps {
+		if d.Path == "github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go" {
+			quicGoVersion = d.Version
+			if d.Replace != nil {
+				if len(d.Replace.Version) > 0 {
+					quicGoVersion = d.Version
+				} else {
+					quicGoVersion += " (replaced)"
+				}
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 const eventChanSize = 50
 
 type tracer struct {
diff --git a/qlog/trace.go b/qlog/trace.go
index 4c299644..253ca270 100644
--- a/qlog/trace.go
+++ b/qlog/trace.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func (l topLevel) MarshalJSONObject(enc *gojay.Encoder) {
 	enc.StringKey("qlog_format", "NDJSON")
 	enc.StringKey("qlog_version", "draft-02")
 	enc.StringKeyOmitEmpty("title", "quic-go qlog")
+	enc.StringKey("code_version", quicGoVersion)
 	enc.ObjectKey("trace", l.trace)
 }