diff --git a/src/orion/core/cli/base.py b/src/orion/core/cli/base.py
index 0bb2299f0..2892beb04 100644
--- a/src/orion/core/cli/base.py
+++ b/src/orion/core/cli/base.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import textwrap
 
 import orion
+import orion.core
 from orion.core.io.database import DatabaseError
 from orion.core.utils.exceptions import (
     BranchingEvent,
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
     NoNameError,
 )
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 CLI_DOC_HEADER = "Oríon CLI for asynchronous distributed optimization"
 
 
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ def parse(self, argv):
             format="%(asctime)-15s::%(levelname)s::%(name)s::%(message)s",
             level=levels.get(verbose, logging.DEBUG),
         )
+        logger.debug("Orion version : %s", orion.core.__version__)
 
         if args["command"] is None:
             self.parser.parse_args(["--help"])
diff --git a/tests/functional/commands/test_verbose_messages.py b/tests/functional/commands/test_verbose_messages.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..603507742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/commands/test_verbose_messages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Perform a functional test of the debug verbosity level."""
+import logging
+
+import pytest
+
+import orion.core.cli
+
+
+def test_version_print_debug_verbosity(caplog):
+    """Tests that Orion version is printed in debug verbosity level"""
+
+    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        orion.core.cli.main([""])
+    assert "Orion version : " not in caplog.text
+
+    caplog.clear()
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        orion.core.cli.main(["-vv"])
+    for (loggername, loggerlevel, text) in caplog.record_tuples:
+        assert not (
+            text.startswith("Orion version : ") and (loggerlevel != logging.DEBUG)
+        )
+    assert "Orion version : " in caplog.text