diff --git a/cmd/get_branch_cmd.go b/cmd/get_branch_cmd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ef0048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/get_branch_cmd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright NetFoundry, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ * https://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 cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type getBranchCmd struct {
+	BaseCommand
+}
+
+func (cmd *getBranchCmd) Execute() {
+	fmt.Print(cmd.GetCurrentBranch())
+}
+
+func newGetBranchCmd(root *RootCommand) *cobra.Command {
+	cobraCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "get-branch",
+		Short: "Print out the git branch being built",
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(0),
+	}
+
+	result := &getBranchCmd{
+		BaseCommand: BaseCommand{
+			RootCommand: root,
+			Cmd:         cobraCmd,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return Finalize(result)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root_cmd.go b/cmd/root_cmd.go
index 5fc24df..9cf30ab 100644
--- a/cmd/root_cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/root_cmd.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func newRootCommand() *RootCommand {
 	rootCobraCmd.AddCommand(newPublishToArtifactoryCmd(rootCmd))
 	rootCobraCmd.AddCommand(publish.NewPublishCmd())
 	rootCobraCmd.AddCommand(newGetVersionCmd(rootCmd))
+	rootCobraCmd.AddCommand(newGetBranchCmd(rootCmd))
 
 	var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "version",