diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/node.go b/cli/command/formatter/node.go
index 09bcd3f9f7..6cfc32380e 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/node.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/node.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultNodeTableFormat           = "table {{.ID}} {{if .Self}}*{{else}} {{ end }}\t{{.Hostname}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Availability}}\t{{.ManagerStatus}}"
+	defaultNodeTableFormat           = "table {{.ID}} {{if .Self}}*{{else}} {{ end }}\t{{.Hostname}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Availability}}\t{{.ManagerStatus}}\t{{.EngineVersion}}"
 	nodeInspectPrettyTemplate Format = `ID:			{{.ID}}
 {{- if .Name }}
 Name:			{{.Name}}
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ TLS Info:
 	hostnameHeader      = "HOSTNAME"
 	availabilityHeader  = "AVAILABILITY"
 	managerStatusHeader = "MANAGER STATUS"
+	engineVersionHeader = "ENGINE VERSION"
 	tlsStatusHeader     = "TLS STATUS"
 )
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func NodeWrite(ctx Context, nodes []swarm.Node, info types.Info) error {
 		"Status":        statusHeader,
 		"Availability":  availabilityHeader,
 		"ManagerStatus": managerStatusHeader,
+		"EngineVersion": engineVersionHeader,
 		"TLSStatus":     tlsStatusHeader,
 	}
 	nodeCtx := nodeContext{}
@@ -176,6 +178,10 @@ func (c *nodeContext) TLSStatus() string {
 	return "Needs Rotation"
 }
 
+func (c *nodeContext) EngineVersion() string {
+	return c.n.Description.Engine.EngineVersion
+}
+
 // NodeInspectWrite renders the context for a list of nodes
 func NodeInspectWrite(ctx Context, refs []string, getRef inspect.GetRefFunc) error {
 	if ctx.Format != nodeInspectPrettyTemplate {
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/node_test.go b/cli/command/formatter/node_test.go
index 42fdf5138d..768f89f65b 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/node_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/node_test.go
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ func TestNodeContextWrite(t *testing.T) {
 		// Table format
 		{
 			context: Context{Format: NewNodeFormat("table", false)},
-			expected: `ID                  HOSTNAME            STATUS              AVAILABILITY        MANAGER STATUS
-nodeID1             foobar_baz          Foo                 Drain               Leader
-nodeID2             foobar_bar          Bar                 Active              Reachable
-nodeID3             foobar_boo          Boo                 Active              ` + "\n", // (to preserve whitespace)
+			expected: `ID                  HOSTNAME            STATUS              AVAILABILITY        MANAGER STATUS      ENGINE VERSION
+nodeID1             foobar_baz          Foo                 Drain               Leader              18.03.0-ce
+nodeID2             foobar_bar          Bar                 Active              Reachable           1.2.3
+nodeID3             foobar_boo          Boo                 Active                                  ` + "\n", // (to preserve whitespace)
 			clusterInfo: swarm.ClusterInfo{TLSInfo: swarm.TLSInfo{TrustRoot: "hi"}},
 		},
 		{
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ foobar_boo  Unknown
 				Description: swarm.NodeDescription{
 					Hostname: "foobar_baz",
 					TLSInfo:  swarm.TLSInfo{TrustRoot: "no"},
+					Engine:   swarm.EngineDescription{EngineVersion: "18.03.0-ce"},
 				},
 				Status:        swarm.NodeStatus{State: swarm.NodeState("foo")},
 				Spec:          swarm.NodeSpec{Availability: swarm.NodeAvailability("drain")},
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ foobar_boo  Unknown
 				Description: swarm.NodeDescription{
 					Hostname: "foobar_bar",
 					TLSInfo:  swarm.TLSInfo{TrustRoot: "hi"},
+					Engine:   swarm.EngineDescription{EngineVersion: "1.2.3"},
 				},
 				Status: swarm.NodeStatus{State: swarm.NodeState("bar")},
 				Spec:   swarm.NodeSpec{Availability: swarm.NodeAvailability("active")},
@@ -215,17 +217,17 @@ func TestNodeContextWriteJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			expected: []map[string]interface{}{
-				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_baz", "ID": "nodeID1", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown"},
-				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_bar", "ID": "nodeID2", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown"},
-				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_boo", "ID": "nodeID3", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown"},
+				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_baz", "ID": "nodeID1", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown", "EngineVersion": "1.2.3"},
+				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_bar", "ID": "nodeID2", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown", "EngineVersion": ""},
+				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_boo", "ID": "nodeID3", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown", "EngineVersion": "18.03.0-ce"},
 			},
 			info: types.Info{},
 		},
 		{
 			expected: []map[string]interface{}{
-				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_baz", "ID": "nodeID1", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Ready"},
-				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_bar", "ID": "nodeID2", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Needs Rotation"},
-				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_boo", "ID": "nodeID3", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown"},
+				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_baz", "ID": "nodeID1", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Ready", "EngineVersion": "1.2.3"},
+				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_bar", "ID": "nodeID2", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Needs Rotation", "EngineVersion": ""},
+				{"Availability": "", "Hostname": "foobar_boo", "ID": "nodeID3", "ManagerStatus": "", "Status": "", "Self": false, "TLSStatus": "Unknown", "EngineVersion": "18.03.0-ce"},
 			},
 			info: types.Info{
 				Swarm: swarm.Info{
@@ -240,9 +242,9 @@ func TestNodeContextWriteJSON(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, testcase := range cases {
 		nodes := []swarm.Node{
-			{ID: "nodeID1", Description: swarm.NodeDescription{Hostname: "foobar_baz", TLSInfo: swarm.TLSInfo{TrustRoot: "hi"}}},
+			{ID: "nodeID1", Description: swarm.NodeDescription{Hostname: "foobar_baz", TLSInfo: swarm.TLSInfo{TrustRoot: "hi"}, Engine: swarm.EngineDescription{EngineVersion: "1.2.3"}}},
 			{ID: "nodeID2", Description: swarm.NodeDescription{Hostname: "foobar_bar", TLSInfo: swarm.TLSInfo{TrustRoot: "no"}}},
-			{ID: "nodeID3", Description: swarm.NodeDescription{Hostname: "foobar_boo"}},
+			{ID: "nodeID3", Description: swarm.NodeDescription{Hostname: "foobar_boo", Engine: swarm.EngineDescription{EngineVersion: "18.03.0-ce"}}},
 		}
 		out := bytes.NewBufferString("")
 		err := NodeWrite(Context{Format: "{{json .}}", Output: out}, nodes, testcase.info)
diff --git a/cli/command/node/list_test.go b/cli/command/node/list_test.go
index b3a42df460..2cbe96e766 100644
--- a/cli/command/node/list_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/node/list_test.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ func TestNodeList(t *testing.T) {
 	cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{
 		nodeListFunc: func() ([]swarm.Node, error) {
 			return []swarm.Node{
-				*Node(NodeID("nodeID1"), Hostname("node-2-foo"), Manager(Leader())),
-				*Node(NodeID("nodeID2"), Hostname("node-10-foo"), Manager()),
+				*Node(NodeID("nodeID1"), Hostname("node-2-foo"), Manager(Leader()), EngineVersion(".")),
+				*Node(NodeID("nodeID2"), Hostname("node-10-foo"), Manager(), EngineVersion("18.03.0-ce")),
 				*Node(NodeID("nodeID3"), Hostname("node-1-foo")),
 			}, nil
 		},
diff --git a/cli/command/node/testdata/node-list-sort.golden b/cli/command/node/testdata/node-list-sort.golden
index ad8c34a813..ffc09c9259 100644
--- a/cli/command/node/testdata/node-list-sort.golden
+++ b/cli/command/node/testdata/node-list-sort.golden
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ID                  HOSTNAME            STATUS              AVAILABILITY        MANAGER STATUS
-nodeID3             node-1-foo          Ready               Active              
-nodeID1 *           node-2-foo          Ready               Active              Leader
-nodeID2             node-10-foo         Ready               Active              Reachable
+ID                  HOSTNAME            STATUS              AVAILABILITY        MANAGER STATUS      ENGINE VERSION
+nodeID3             node-1-foo          Ready               Active                                  1.13.0
+nodeID1 *           node-2-foo          Ready               Active              Leader              .
+nodeID2             node-10-foo         Ready               Active              Reachable           18.03.0-ce
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/node_ls.md b/docs/reference/commandline/node_ls.md
index d4368df4a0..5033544921 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/node_ls.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/node_ls.md
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Placeholder      | Description
 `.Availability`  | Node availability ("active", "pause", or "drain")
 `.ManagerStatus` | Manager status of the node
 `.TLSStatus`     | TLS status of the node ("Ready", or "Needs Rotation" has TLS certificate signed by an old CA)
+`.EngineVersion` | Engine version
 
 When using the `--format` option, the `node ls` command will either
 output the data exactly as the template declares or, when using the
diff --git a/internal/test/builders/node.go b/internal/test/builders/node.go
index 234d6de242..4e3eb06dd1 100644
--- a/internal/test/builders/node.go
+++ b/internal/test/builders/node.go
@@ -125,3 +125,10 @@ func ManagerStatus(managerStatusBuilders ...func(*swarm.ManagerStatus)) *swarm.M
 
 	return managerStatus
 }
+
+// EngineVersion sets the node's engine version
+func EngineVersion(version string) func(*swarm.Node) {
+	return func(node *swarm.Node) {
+		node.Description.Engine.EngineVersion = version
+	}
+}