diff --git a/pkg/build/cmd/exportversion.go b/pkg/build/cmd/exportversion.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afbe05114af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/build/cmd/exportversion.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+)
+
+func ExportVersion(c *cli.Context) error {
+	metadata, err := GenerateMetadata(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	const distDir = "dist"
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(distDir); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Mkdir(distDir, 0750); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// nolint:gosec
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(distDir, "grafana.version"), []byte(metadata.GrafanaVersion), 0664); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/build/cmd/main.go b/pkg/build/cmd/main.go
index c2f6e731c79..d063d4a97d2 100644
--- a/pkg/build/cmd/main.go
+++ b/pkg/build/cmd/main.go
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ func main() {
 			ArgsUsage: "<api-key>",
 			Action:    ArgCountWrapper(1, PublishMetrics),
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "export-version",
+			Usage:  "Exports version in dist/grafana.version",
+			Action: ExportVersion,
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {