diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 1b3053ca16..8a753d3307 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -522,6 +522,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-7124. Remove EncryptionZoneManager.NULL_EZ. (clamb via wang)
 
+    HDFS-6779. Add missing version subcommand for hdfs.
+    (Sasaki Toru via wheat9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-6690. Deduplicate xattr names in memory. (wang)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs
index 38726a8d37..a5cb73c438 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/bin/hdfs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ function hadoop_usage
   echo "  snapshotDiff         diff two snapshots of a directory or diff the"
   echo "                       current directory contents with a snapshot"
   echo "  storagepolicies      get all the existing block storage policies"
+  echo "  version              print the version"
   echo "  zkfc                 run the ZK Failover Controller daemon"
   echo ""
   echo "Most commands print help when invoked w/o parameters."
@@ -220,6 +221,9 @@ case ${COMMAND} in
   storagepolicies)
     CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.GetStoragePolicies
   ;;
+  version)
+    CLASS=org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo
+  ;;
   zkfc)
     daemon="true"
     CLASS='org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.DFSZKFailoverController'
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/apt/HDFSCommands.apt.vm b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/apt/HDFSCommands.apt.vm
index 121f0ba5b0..32dc6d14cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/apt/HDFSCommands.apt.vm
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/apt/HDFSCommands.apt.vm
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ HDFS Commands Guide
 |                        | (no progress).
 *------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
 
+** <<<version>>>
+
+   Prints the version.
+
+   Usage: <<<hdfs version>>>
+
 * Administration Commands
 
    Commands useful for administrators of a hadoop cluster.