diff --git a/monitoring/serve_options.go b/monitoring/serve_options.go
index 0ce2bac8019c93dea237e7e3411c095263d04f73..8206807ad021c7eb0885a533752203a1d0ffe8b1 100644
--- a/monitoring/serve_options.go
+++ b/monitoring/serve_options.go
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ func WithListenerAddress(addr string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithVersion will configure the `gitlab_build_info` metric with the version information
+func WithVersion(version string) Option {
+	return func(config *optionsConfig) {
+		config.buildInfoGaugeLabels[buildInfoVersionLabel] = version
+	}
+}
+
 // WithBuildInformation will configure the `gitlab_build_info` metric with appropriate labels
 func WithBuildInformation(version string, buildTime string) Option {
 	return func(config *optionsConfig) {
diff --git a/monitoring/serve_options_test.go b/monitoring/serve_options_test.go
index a6a9064cf8aac9259fa7f919362ec3df62c3a96f..82841df67a58bb536f795dbe6219696de2a4de63 100644
--- a/monitoring/serve_options_test.go
+++ b/monitoring/serve_options_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ func Test_applyOptions(t *testing.T) {
 			opts:              []Option{WithListenerAddress(":0")},
 			wantListenerCheck: isTCPListener,
 		},
+		{
+			name:                     "with_version",
+			opts:                     []Option{WithVersion("1.0.0")},
+			wantListenerCheck:        checkDefaultListener,
+			wantbuildInfoGaugeLabels: prometheus.Labels{"version": "1.0.0"},
+		},
 		{
 			name:                     "with_build_information",
 			opts:                     []Option{WithBuildInformation("1.0.0", "2018-01-02T00:00:00Z")},