diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
index e52c2f76..60af205f 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-manager.rs
@@ -363,6 +363,81 @@ async fn report() -> Result<Value, Error> {
     Ok(Value::Null)
 }
 
+#[api(
+    input: {
+        properties: {
+            verbose: {
+                type: Boolean,
+                optional: true,
+                default: false,
+                description: "Output verbose package information. It is ignored if output-format is specified.",
+            },
+            "output-format": {
+                schema: OUTPUT_FORMAT,
+                optional: true,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+)]
+/// List package versions for important Proxmox Backup Server packages.
+async fn get_versions(verbose: bool, param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
+    let output_format = param.get("output-format");
+
+    if !verbose && output_format.is_none() {
+        let pkg_version = format!(
+            "{}.{}",
+            crate::api2::version::PROXMOX_PKG_VERSION,
+            crate::api2::version::PROXMOX_PKG_RELEASE
+        );
+        let running_kernel = nix::sys::utsname::uname().release().to_owned();
+
+        println!(
+            "proxmox-backup-server/{} (running kernel: {})",
+            pkg_version, running_kernel
+        );
+        return Ok(Value::Null);
+    }
+
+    let mut packages = crate::api2::node::apt::get_versions()?;
+    if let Some(output_format) = output_format {
+        if let Some(output_format) = output_format.as_str() {
+            let options = TableFormatOptions::default();
+            format_and_print_result_full(
+                &mut packages,
+                &crate::api2::node::apt::API_RETURN_SCHEMA_GET_VERSIONS,
+                output_format,
+                &options,
+            );
+        }
+    } else {
+        // pveversion style print
+        let packages: Vec<APTUpdateInfo> = serde_json::from_value(packages)?;
+        for pkg in packages {
+            let mut version = "not correctly installed";
+            if !pkg.old_version.is_empty() && &pkg.old_version != "unknown" {
+                version = &pkg.old_version;
+            }
+
+            if let Some(extra_info) = pkg.extra_info {
+                println!(
+                    "{}: {} ({})",
+                    pkg.package,
+                    version,
+                    extra_info
+                );
+            } else {
+                println!(
+                    "{}: {}",
+                    pkg.package,
+                    version,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(Value::Null)
+}
+
 fn main() {
 
     proxmox_backup::tools::setup_safe_path_env();
@@ -396,6 +471,9 @@ fn main() {
         )
         .insert("report",
             CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_REPORT)
+        )
+        .insert("versions",
+            CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_GET_VERSIONS)
         );
 
 
diff --git a/src/server/report.rs b/src/server/report.rs
index bc2179b9..848aa326 100644
--- a/src/server/report.rs
+++ b/src/server/report.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ fn files() -> Vec<&'static str> {
 fn commands() -> Vec<(&'static str, Vec<&'static str>)> {
     vec![
     //  ("<command>", vec![<arg [, arg]>])
+        ("proxmox-backup-manager", vec!["versions", "--verbose"]),
         ("df", vec!["-h"]),
         ("lsblk", vec!["--ascii"]),
         ("zpool", vec!["status"]),