diff --git a/cmd/promtool/main.go b/cmd/promtool/main.go
index c5b4efac96..a508073ffc 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/main.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/main.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/local"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/cli"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/version"
 )
@@ -185,19 +184,6 @@ func checkRules(t cli.Term, filename string) (int, error) {
 	return len(rules), nil
 }
 
-// DumpHeadsCmd dumps metadata of a heads.db file.
-func DumpHeadsCmd(t cli.Term, args ...string) int {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		t.Infof("usage: promtool dump-heads <file>")
-		return 2
-	}
-	if err := local.DumpHeads(args[0], t.Out()); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("  FAILED: %s", err)
-		return 1
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
 var versionInfoTmpl = `
 prometheus, version {{.version}} (branch: {{.branch}}, revision: {{.revision}})
   build user:       {{.buildUser}}
@@ -230,11 +216,6 @@ func main() {
 		Run:  CheckRulesCmd,
 	})
 
-	app.Register("dump-heads", &cli.Command{
-		Desc: "dump metadata of a heads.db checkpoint file",
-		Run:  DumpHeadsCmd,
-	})
-
 	app.Register("version", &cli.Command{
 		Desc: "print the version of this binary",
 		Run:  VersionCmd,
diff --git a/storage/local/storagetool/main.go b/storage/local/storagetool/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10cef19020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/local/storagetool/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/cli"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/version"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/local"
+)
+
+// DumpHeadsCmd dumps metadata of a heads.db file.
+func DumpHeadsCmd(t cli.Term, args ...string) int {
+	if len(args) != 1 {
+		t.Infof("usage: storagetool dump-heads <file>")
+		return 2
+	}
+	if err := local.DumpHeads(args[0], t.Out()); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("  FAILED: %s", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+var versionInfoTmpl = `
+prometheus, version {{.version}} (branch: {{.branch}}, revision: {{.revision}})
+  build user:       {{.buildUser}}
+  build date:       {{.buildDate}}
+  go version:       {{.goVersion}}
+`
+
+// VersionCmd prints the binaries version information.
+func VersionCmd(t cli.Term, _ ...string) int {
+	tmpl := template.Must(template.New("version").Parse(versionInfoTmpl))
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(&buf, "version", version.Map); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(t.Out(), strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()))
+	return 0
+}
+
+func main() {
+	app := cli.NewApp("storagetool")
+
+	app.Register("dump-heads", &cli.Command{
+		Desc: "dump metadata of a heads.db checkpoint file",
+		Run:  DumpHeadsCmd,
+	})
+
+	app.Register("version", &cli.Command{
+		Desc: "print the version of this binary",
+		Run:  VersionCmd,
+	})
+
+	t := cli.BasicTerm(os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
+	os.Exit(app.Run(t, os.Args[1:]...))
+}