diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b05a62e9e..e5b3e626d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # VERSION is based on a date stamp plus the last commit
 VERSION?=v$(shell date +%Y%m%d)-$(shell git describe --tags --match "v*")
 BUILD=$(shell date +%FT%T%z)
-LDFLAG_LOCATION=sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app
+LDFLAG_LOCATION=sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/version
 ARCHS = amd64 arm64
 
 LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.version=${VERSION} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.buildDate=${BUILD}"
diff --git a/cmd/descheduler/app/version.go b/cmd/descheduler/app/version.go
index a59f92336..43bb283d2 100644
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/version.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/version.go
@@ -18,77 +18,19 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/version"
 )
 
-var (
-	// version is a constant representing the version tag that
-	// generated this build. It should be set during build via -ldflags.
-	version string
-	// buildDate in ISO8601 format, output of $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
-	//It should be set during build via -ldflags.
-	buildDate string
-)
-
-// Info holds the information related to descheduler app version.
-type Info struct {
-	Major      string `json:"major"`
-	Minor      string `json:"minor"`
-	GitVersion string `json:"gitVersion"`
-	BuildDate  string `json:"buildDate"`
-	GoVersion  string `json:"goVersion"`
-	Compiler   string `json:"compiler"`
-	Platform   string `json:"platform"`
-}
-
-// Get returns the overall codebase version. It's for detecting
-// what code a binary was built from.
-func Get() Info {
-	majorVersion, minorVersion := splitVersion(version)
-	return Info{
-		Major:      majorVersion,
-		Minor:      minorVersion,
-		GitVersion: version,
-		BuildDate:  buildDate,
-		GoVersion:  runtime.Version(),
-		Compiler:   runtime.Compiler,
-		Platform:   fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH),
-	}
-}
-
 func NewVersionCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "version",
 		Short: "Version of descheduler",
 		Long:  `Prints the version of descheduler.`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("Descheduler version %+v\n", Get())
+			fmt.Printf("Descheduler version %+v\n", version.Get())
 		},
 	}
 	return versionCmd
 }
-
-// splitVersion splits the git version to generate major and minor versions needed.
-func splitVersion(version string) (string, string) {
-	if version == "" {
-		return "", ""
-	}
-
-	// Version from an automated container build environment for a tag. For example v20200521-v0.18.0.
-	m1, _ := regexp.MatchString(`^v\d{8}-v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$`, version)
-
-	// Version from an automated container build environment(not a tag) or a local build. For example v20201009-v0.18.0-46-g939c1c0.
-	m2, _ := regexp.MatchString(`^v\d{8}-v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-\w+-\w+$`, version)
-
-	if m1 || m2 {
-		semVer := strings.Split(version, "-")[1]
-		return strings.Trim(strings.Split(semVer, ".")[0], "v"), strings.Split(semVer, ".")[1] + "+"
-	}
-
-	// Something went wrong
-	return "", ""
-}
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab0291503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	// version is a constant representing the version tag that
+	// generated this build. It should be set during build via -ldflags.
+	version string
+	// buildDate in ISO8601 format, output of $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+	//It should be set during build via -ldflags.
+	buildDate string
+)
+
+// Info holds the information related to descheduler app version.
+type Info struct {
+	Major      string `json:"major"`
+	Minor      string `json:"minor"`
+	GitVersion string `json:"gitVersion"`
+	BuildDate  string `json:"buildDate"`
+	GoVersion  string `json:"goVersion"`
+	Compiler   string `json:"compiler"`
+	Platform   string `json:"platform"`
+}
+
+// Get returns the overall codebase version. It's for detecting
+// what code a binary was built from.
+func Get() Info {
+	majorVersion, minorVersion := splitVersion(version)
+	return Info{
+		Major:      majorVersion,
+		Minor:      minorVersion,
+		GitVersion: version,
+		BuildDate:  buildDate,
+		GoVersion:  runtime.Version(),
+		Compiler:   runtime.Compiler,
+		Platform:   fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH),
+	}
+}
+
+// splitVersion splits the git version to generate major and minor versions needed.
+func splitVersion(version string) (string, string) {
+	if version == "" {
+		return "", ""
+	}
+
+	// Version from an automated container build environment for a tag. For example v20200521-v0.18.0.
+	m1, _ := regexp.MatchString(`^v\d{8}-v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$`, version)
+
+	// Version from an automated container build environment(not a tag) or a local build. For example v20201009-v0.18.0-46-g939c1c0.
+	m2, _ := regexp.MatchString(`^v\d{8}-v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-\w+-\w+$`, version)
+
+	if m1 || m2 {
+		semVer := strings.Split(version, "-")[1]
+		return strings.Trim(strings.Split(semVer, ".")[0], "v"), strings.Split(semVer, ".")[1] + "+"
+	}
+
+	// Something went wrong
+	return "", ""
+}