diff --git a/files/image_config/platform/rc.local b/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
index 76fe390be3..1df03718da 100755
--- a/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
+++ b/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ program_console_speed()
 
 #### Begin Main Body ####
 
+logger "SONiC version ${SONIC_VERSION} starting up..."
+
 # If the machine.conf is absent, it indicates that the unit booted
 # into SONiC from another NOS. Extract the machine.conf from ONIE.
 if [ ! -e /host/machine.conf ]; then