diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ac93b71e..8d012648 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
-exclude=build,tests,tmp,venv,toot/tui/scroll.py
+exclude=build,tests,tmp,venv,_env,toot/tui/scroll.py
 ignore=E128,W503,W504
 max-line-length=120
diff --git a/toot/cli/__init__.py b/toot/cli/__init__.py
index a4698ff9..f5258410 100644
--- a/toot/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/toot/cli/__init__.py
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ def cli(ctx: click.Context, max_width: int, color: bool, debug: bool, as_user: s
 
 from toot.cli import accounts  # noqa
 from toot.cli import auth  # noqa
+from toot.cli import diag  # noqa
 from toot.cli import lists  # noqa
 from toot.cli import post  # noqa
 from toot.cli import read  # noqa
diff --git a/toot/cli/diag.py b/toot/cli/diag.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39ff73f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toot/cli/diag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from toot.output import print_diags
+from toot.cli import (
+    cli,
+    pass_context,
+    Context,
+)
+
+
+@cli.command()
+@pass_context
+def diag(ctx: Context):
+    """Display useful information for diagnosing problems"""
+
+    print_diags()
diff --git a/toot/output.py b/toot/output.py
index e9b08120..74fc70c8 100644
--- a/toot/output.py
+++ b/toot/output.py
@@ -314,6 +314,41 @@ def format_account_name(account: Account) -> str:
         return acct
 
 
+def print_diags():
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+
+    click.echo(f'{green(f"Diagnostic Information")}')
+    from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    click.echo(f'{green("Current Date/Time:")} {now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")}')
+
+    import platform
+    click.echo(f'{green(f"Platform:")} {platform.platform()}')
+
+# Uncomment this when we move to minimum Python version 3.10
+#    try:
+#        name = platform.freedesktop_os_release()['PRETTY_NAME']
+#        click.echo(f'{green(f"Distro:")} {name}')
+#    except:  # noqa
+#        pass
+
+    click.echo(f'{green(f"Python version:")} {platform.python_version()}')
+    click.echo(green("Dependency versions:"))
+
+    deps = ['beautifulsoup4', 'click', 'requests', 'tomlkit', 'urwid', 'wcwidth',
+            'pillow', 'term-image', 'urwidgets', 'flake8', 'pytest', 'setuptools',
+            'vermin', 'typing-extensions']
+
+    for dep in deps:
+        try:
+            ver = version(dep)
+        except:  # noqa
+            ver = yellow("not installed")
+
+        click.echo(f"\t{dep}: {ver}")
+
+
 # Shorthand functions for coloring output
 
 def blue(text: t.Any) -> str: