diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85e7c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/.idea/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0c6cbda..b61ba8c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y wget
 
 COPY --from=retrieve download.tar.gz /tmp/download.tar.gz
 
+LABEL jdk-version=11.0.8_10
+
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm \
  && tar xzf /tmp/download.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/jvm \
  && ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/* /usr/lib/jvm/jre \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7be007..409dfde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,16 @@ A base image used for building images of executable components:
 
 Includes Java 11+, and some common utilities
 
+#### Retrieve the JDK version
+
+You can check the Java version bundled with a particular image tag, like this:
+
+```
+docker run -it --rm springcloud/baseimage:<image-tag> java -version
+```
+
+or by retrieving the `jdk-version` image label:
+
+```
+docker inspect springcloud/openjdk:<image-tag> | grep jdk-version
+```