diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dde458e81..8d26b8d61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 [![Build Status][circleci-badge]][circleci-link]
 [![Coverage Status][coverage-badge]][coverage-link]
 [![AGPL Licence][licence-badge]](COPYING)
+[![Latest release][release-badge]](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases/)
 
 
 KOReader is a document viewer application, originally created for Kindle
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ KOReader's build system. To install ccache:
 [coverage-badge]:https://codecov.io/gh/koreader/koreader/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
 [coverage-link]:https://codecov.io/gh/koreader/koreader
 [licence-badge]:http://img.shields.io/badge/licence-AGPL-brightgreen.svg
+[release-badge]:https://img.shields.io/github/release/koreader/koreader.svg
 [gitter-badge]:https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg
 [gitter-link]:https://gitter.im/koreader/koreader?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge