diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/BUILD b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/BUILD
index b7daef9e627b70..ff0281d575740a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/BUILD
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/BUILD
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ java_library(
     deps = [
         ":network_metrics_collector",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions:resource_estimator",
+        "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis:blaze_version_info",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bugreport",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/clock",
         "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/collect:extrema",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/JsonTraceFileWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/JsonTraceFileWriter.java
index fb5bfc4b51f41a..d55daf9c4851d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/JsonTraceFileWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/profiler/JsonTraceFileWriter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.BlazeVersionInfo;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.profiler.Profiler.TaskData;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ public void run() {
         writer.beginObject();
         writer.name("otherData");
         writer.beginObject();
+        writer.name("bazel_version").value(BlazeVersionInfo.instance().getReleaseName());
         writer.name("build_id").value(buildID.toString());
         writer.name("output_base").value(outputBase);
         writer.name("date").value(new Date().toString());