diff --git a/crates/router/Cargo.toml b/crates/router/Cargo.toml
index 5211b034eb..982c113020 100644
--- a/crates/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ default-run = "router"
 rust-version = "1.63"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+build = "src/build.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = []
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ time = { version = "0.3.14", features = ["macros"] }
 tokio = "1.21.2"
 toml = "0.5.9"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+router_env = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../router_env", default-features = false, features = ["vergen"] }
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "router"
 path = "src/bin/router.rs"
diff --git a/crates/router/src/build.rs b/crates/router/src/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b07385af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/router/src/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    router_env::vergen::generate_cargo_instructions();
+}
diff --git a/crates/router/src/configs/settings.rs b/crates/router/src/configs/settings.rs
index d4dfbfb360..6d1dd47e98 100644
--- a/crates/router/src/configs/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/router/src/configs/settings.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 #[derive(StructOpt, Default)]
+#[structopt(version = router_env::version!())]
 pub struct CmdLineConf {
     /// Config file.
     /// Application will look for "config/config.toml" if this option isn't specified.
diff --git a/crates/router_env/Cargo.toml b/crates/router_env/Cargo.toml
index 53f994356f..e97dc09d19 100644
--- a/crates/router_env/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/router_env/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ tracing-appender = "0.2.2"
 tracing-core = "0.1.29"
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.17" }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.15", default-features = true, features = ["json", "env-filter", "registry"] }
+vergen = { version = "7.4.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "7.4.2" }
+vergen = "7.4.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["actix_web"]
diff --git a/crates/router_env/src/build.rs b/crates/router_env/src/build.rs
index 28436458f3..aca12d76a1 100644
--- a/crates/router_env/src/build.rs
+++ b/crates/router_env/src/build.rs
@@ -1,50 +1,5 @@
-use vergen::{vergen, Config, ShaKind};
+include!("vergen.rs");
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut config = Config::default();
-
-    let build = config.build_mut();
-    *build.enabled_mut() = false;
-    *build.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
-
-    let cargo = config.cargo_mut();
-    *cargo.enabled_mut() = true;
-    *cargo.features_mut() = false;
-    *cargo.profile_mut() = true;
-    *cargo.target_triple_mut() = true;
-
-    let git = config.git_mut();
-    *git.enabled_mut() = true;
-    *git.commit_author_mut() = false;
-    *git.commit_count_mut() = false;
-    *git.commit_message_mut() = false;
-    *git.commit_timestamp_mut() = true;
-    *git.semver_mut() = false;
-    *git.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
-    *git.sha_kind_mut() = ShaKind::Both;
-    *git.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
-
-    let rustc = config.rustc_mut();
-    *rustc.enabled_mut() = true;
-    *rustc.channel_mut() = false;
-    *rustc.commit_date_mut() = false;
-    *rustc.host_triple_mut() = false;
-    *rustc.llvm_version_mut() = false;
-    *rustc.semver_mut() = true;
-    *rustc.sha_mut() = true; // required for sever been available
-    *rustc.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
-
-    let sysinfo = config.sysinfo_mut();
-    *sysinfo.enabled_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.os_version_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.user_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.memory_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.cpu_vendor_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.cpu_core_count_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.cpu_name_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.cpu_brand_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.cpu_frequency_mut() = false;
-    *sysinfo.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
-
-    vergen(config).expect("Problem determining current platform characteristics");
+    generate_cargo_instructions();
 }
diff --git a/crates/router_env/src/env.rs b/crates/router_env/src/env.rs
index 229186f6dc..518a1cac0c 100644
--- a/crates/router_env/src/env.rs
+++ b/crates/router_env/src/env.rs
@@ -73,23 +73,25 @@ pub fn workspace_path() -> PathBuf {
     }
 }
 
-/// Version defined in the crate file.
+/// Version of the crate containing the following information:
 ///
-/// Example: `0.1.0`.
+/// - Semantic Version from the latest git tag. If tags are not present in the repository, crate
+///   version from the crate manifest is used instead.
+/// - Short hash of the latest git commit.
+/// - Timestamp of the latest git commit.
 ///
-
+/// Example: `0.1.0-abcd012-2038-01-19T03:14:08Z`.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! version {
-    (
-    ) => {{
+    () => {
         concat!(
-            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+            env!("VERGEN_GIT_SEMVER"),
             "-",
             env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA_SHORT"),
             "-",
             env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"),
         )
-    }};
+    };
 }
 
 ///
@@ -107,8 +109,7 @@ macro_rules! version {
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! build {
-    (
-    ) => {{
+    () => {
         concat!(
             env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
             "-",
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ macro_rules! build {
             "-",
             env!("VERGEN_CARGO_TARGET_TRIPLE"),
         )
-    }};
+    };
 }
 
 ///
@@ -133,10 +134,9 @@ macro_rules! build {
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! commit {
-    (
-    ) => {{
+    () => {
         env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA")
-    }};
+    };
 }
 
 // ///
@@ -166,10 +166,9 @@ macro_rules! commit {
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! service_name {
-    (
-    ) => {{
+    () => {
         env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME")
-    }};
+    };
 }
 
 ///
@@ -180,8 +179,7 @@ macro_rules! service_name {
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! profile {
-    (
-    ) => {
+    () => {
         env!("VERGEN_CARGO_PROFILE")
     };
 }
diff --git a/crates/router_env/src/lib.rs b/crates/router_env/src/lib.rs
index 3ecefb7a36..93eab6e2dc 100644
--- a/crates/router_env/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/router_env/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 #![doc = include_str!(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR" ), "/", "README.md"))]
 
 pub mod env;
-#[doc(inline)]
-pub use env::*;
-
 pub mod logger;
+/// `cargo` build instructions generation for obtaining information about the application
+/// environment.
+#[cfg(feature = "vergen")]
+pub mod vergen;
+
 // pub use literally;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use logger::*;
@@ -31,3 +33,6 @@ pub use tracing;
 #[cfg(feature = "actix_web")]
 pub use tracing_actix_web;
 pub use tracing_appender;
+
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use self::env::*;
diff --git a/crates/router_env/src/vergen.rs b/crates/router_env/src/vergen.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22e16605a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/router_env/src/vergen.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/// Configures the [`vergen`][::vergen] crate to generate the `cargo` build instructions.
+///
+/// This function should be typically called within build scripts to generate `cargo` build
+/// instructions for the corresponding crate.
+///
+/// # Panics
+///
+/// Panics if `vergen` fails to generate `cargo` build instructions.
+#[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+pub fn generate_cargo_instructions() {
+    use vergen::{vergen, Config, ShaKind};
+
+    let mut config = Config::default();
+
+    let build = config.build_mut();
+    *build.enabled_mut() = false;
+    *build.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
+
+    let cargo = config.cargo_mut();
+    *cargo.enabled_mut() = true;
+    *cargo.features_mut() = false;
+    *cargo.profile_mut() = true;
+    *cargo.target_triple_mut() = true;
+
+    let git = config.git_mut();
+    *git.enabled_mut() = true;
+    *git.commit_author_mut() = false;
+    *git.commit_count_mut() = false;
+    *git.commit_message_mut() = false;
+    *git.commit_timestamp_mut() = true;
+    *git.semver_mut() = true;
+    *git.semver_dirty_mut() = Some("-dirty");
+    *git.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
+    *git.sha_kind_mut() = ShaKind::Both;
+    *git.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
+
+    let rustc = config.rustc_mut();
+    *rustc.enabled_mut() = true;
+    *rustc.channel_mut() = false;
+    *rustc.commit_date_mut() = false;
+    *rustc.host_triple_mut() = false;
+    *rustc.llvm_version_mut() = false;
+    *rustc.semver_mut() = true;
+    *rustc.sha_mut() = true; // required for semver to be available
+    *rustc.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
+
+    let sysinfo = config.sysinfo_mut();
+    *sysinfo.enabled_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.os_version_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.user_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.memory_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.cpu_vendor_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.cpu_core_count_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.cpu_name_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.cpu_brand_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.cpu_frequency_mut() = false;
+    *sysinfo.skip_if_error_mut() = true;
+
+    vergen(config).expect("Failed to generate `cargo` build instructions");
+}