diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index f781385b..492a2cdb 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package proxy
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -19,14 +21,17 @@ var (
 
 type Proxy struct {
 	Dial           func() (net.Conn, error)
+	version        string
 	client         *docker.Client
+	dockerAddr     string
+	listenAddr     string
 	withDNS        bool
 	dockerBridgeIP string
 	withIPAM       bool
 }
 
-func NewProxy(targetURL string, withDNS, withIPAM bool) (*Proxy, error) {
-	u, err := url.Parse(targetURL)
+func NewProxy(version, dockerAddr, listenAddr string, withDNS, withIPAM bool) (*Proxy, error) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(dockerAddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ func NewProxy(targetURL string, withDNS, withIPAM bool) (*Proxy, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	client, err := docker.NewClient(targetURL)
+	client, err := docker.NewClient(dockerAddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -56,7 +61,10 @@ func NewProxy(targetURL string, withDNS, withIPAM bool) (*Proxy, error) {
 		Dial: func() (net.Conn, error) {
 			return net.Dial(u.Scheme, targetAddr)
 		},
+		version:        version,
 		client:         client,
+		dockerAddr:     dockerAddr,
+		listenAddr:     listenAddr,
 		withDNS:        withDNS,
 		dockerBridgeIP: string(dockerBridgeIP),
 		withIPAM:       withIPAM,
@@ -73,8 +81,9 @@ func (proxy *Proxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		proxy.serveWithInterceptor(&startContainerInterceptor{proxy.client, proxy.withDNS, proxy.withIPAM}, w, r)
 	case execCreateRegexp.MatchString(path):
 		proxy.serveWithInterceptor(&createExecInterceptor{proxy.client, proxy.withIPAM}, w, r)
-	case strings.HasPrefix(path, "/weave"):
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	case strings.HasPrefix(path, "/status"):
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "weave proxy", proxy.version)
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, proxy.Status())
 	default:
 		proxy.serveWithInterceptor(&nullInterceptor{}, w, r)
 	}
@@ -83,3 +92,28 @@ func (proxy *Proxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func (proxy *Proxy) serveWithInterceptor(i interceptor, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	newClient(proxy.Dial, i).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
+
+// Return status string
+func (proxy *Proxy) Status() string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	fmt.Fprintln(&buf, "Listen address is", proxy.listenAddr)
+	fmt.Fprintln(&buf, "Docker address is", proxy.dockerAddr)
+	if proxy.withDNS {
+		fmt.Fprintln(&buf, "DNS on")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintln(&buf, "DNS off")
+	}
+	if proxy.withIPAM {
+		fmt.Fprintln(&buf, "IPAM on")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintln(&buf, "IPAM off")
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+func (proxy *Proxy) ListenAndServe() error {
+	return (&http.Server{
+		Addr:    proxy.listenAddr,
+		Handler: proxy,
+	}).ListenAndServe()
+}
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index fca32b33..141b3408 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ wait_for_status_ip() {
     WAIT_TIME=0
     while [ $WAIT_TIME -lt 3 ]; do
         sleep $WAIT_TIME
-        http_call_ip $1 $2 GET ${3:-/status} >/dev/null && return 0
+        http_call_ip $1 $2 GET /status >/dev/null && return 0
         WAIT_TIME=$((WAIT_TIME+1))
     done
     echo "Timed out waiting for container to start." >&2
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
             $WEAVEPROXY_DOCKER_ARGS \
             $EXEC_IMAGE "$@")
 
-        wait_for_status_ip $PROXY_HOST $PROXY_PORT /weave
+        wait_for_status_ip $PROXY_HOST $PROXY_PORT
         echo $PROXY_CONTAINER
         ;;
     connect)
@@ -886,6 +886,8 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         http_call $CONTAINER_NAME $HTTP_PORT GET /status || res=1
         echo
         http_call $DNS_CONTAINER_NAME $DNS_HTTP_PORT GET /status 2>/dev/null || true
+        echo
+        http_call_ip $PROXY_HOST $PROXY_PORT GET /status 2>/dev/null || true
         [ $res -eq 0 ]
         ;;
     ps)
diff --git a/weaveproxy/main.go b/weaveproxy/main.go
index 2d0baf93..8b43ee6f 100644
--- a/weaveproxy/main.go
+++ b/weaveproxy/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	"code.google.com/p/getopt"
 	. "github.com/weaveworks/weave/common"
@@ -10,21 +10,28 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	version       = "(unreleased version)"
 	defaultTarget = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
 	defaultListen = ":12375"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	var target, listen string
-	var withDNS, withIPAM, debug bool
+	var withDNS, withIPAM, debug, justVersion bool
 
 	getopt.BoolVarLong(&debug, "debug", 'd', "log debugging information")
+	getopt.BoolVarLong(&justVersion, "version", 0, "print version and exit")
 	getopt.StringVar(&target, 'H', fmt.Sprintf("docker daemon URL to proxy (default %s)", defaultTarget))
 	getopt.StringVar(&listen, 'L', fmt.Sprintf("address on which to listen (default %s)", defaultListen))
 	getopt.BoolVarLong(&withDNS, "with-dns", 'w', "instruct created containers to use weaveDNS as their nameserver")
 	getopt.BoolVarLong(&withIPAM, "with-ipam", 'i', "automatically allocate addresses for containers without a WEAVE_CIDR")
 	getopt.Parse()
 
+	if justVersion {
+		fmt.Printf("weave proxy %s\n", version)
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	if target == "" {
 		target = defaultTarget
 	}
@@ -37,19 +44,15 @@ func main() {
 		InitDefaultLogging(true)
 	}
 
-	p, err := proxy.NewProxy(target, withDNS, withIPAM)
+	p, err := proxy.NewProxy(version, target, listen, withDNS, withIPAM)
 	if err != nil {
 		Error.Fatalf("Could not start proxy: %s", err)
 	}
-	s := &http.Server{
-		Addr:    listen,
-		Handler: p,
-	}
 
 	Info.Printf("Listening on %s", listen)
 	Info.Printf("Proxying %s", target)
 
-	if err := s.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+	if err := p.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
 		Error.Fatalf("Could not listen on %s: %s", listen, err)
 	}
 }