diff --git a/go/vt/grpccommon/options.go b/go/vt/grpccommon/options.go
index 21acefd5cf..b66e7fa8fe 100644
--- a/go/vt/grpccommon/options.go
+++ b/go/vt/grpccommon/options.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/youtube/vitess/go/stats"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
@@ -44,3 +45,7 @@ func EnableTracingOpt() {
 		grpc.EnableTracing = *EnableTracing
 	})
 }
+
+func init() {
+	stats.NewString("GrpcVersion").Set(grpc.Version)
+}