diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fa2727550338dc404178575f5e0044b45168b6df..71ae0589948d06b93fd4d664db51822d2f8ecaef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ v 8.11.0 (unreleased)
   - Limit git rev-list output count to one in forced push check
   - Retrieve rendered HTML from cache in one request
   - Load project invited groups and members eagerly in ProjectTeam#fetch_members
+  - Add GitLab Workhorse version to admin dashboard (Katarzyna Kobierska Ula Budziszewska)
 
 v 8.10.0
   - Fix profile activity heatmap to show correct day name (eanplatter)
diff --git a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
index a2ac407c159b79d2d6e765538486b454bee659d3..452fc25ab07552fddce682739c1fb20fbb001d76 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
           GitLab Shell
           %span.pull-right
             = Gitlab::Shell.new.version
+        %p
+          GitLab Workhorse
+          %span.pull-right
+            = Gitlab::Workhorse.version
         %p
           GitLab API
           %span.pull-right
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/workhorse.rb b/lib/gitlab/workhorse.rb
index 6aeb49c02196e5534f6159da131d56ea3431cab3..c6826a09bd285cf5e9b543f425460a22ebf84c18 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/workhorse.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/workhorse.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require 'json'
 module Gitlab
   class Workhorse
     SEND_DATA_HEADER = 'Gitlab-Workhorse-Send-Data'
+    VERSION_FILE = 'GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION'
 
     class << self
       def git_http_ok(repository, user)
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ module Gitlab
         ]
       end
 
+      def version
+        path = Rails.root.join(VERSION_FILE)
+        path.readable? ? path.read.chomp : 'unknown'
+      end
+
       protected
 
       def encode(hash)
diff --git a/spec/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dae858a52f6b3bf1f3bb7016698137360117b6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'admin/dashboard/index.html.haml' do
+  include Devise::TestHelpers
+
+  before do
+    assign(:projects, create_list(:empty_project, 1))
+    assign(:users, create_list(:user, 1))
+    assign(:groups, create_list(:group, 1))
+
+    allow(view).to receive(:admin?).and_return(true)
+  end
+
+  it "shows version of GitLab Workhorse" do
+    render
+
+    expect(rendered).to have_content 'GitLab Workhorse'
+    expect(rendered).to have_content Gitlab::Workhorse.version
+  end
+end