diff --git a/capa/main.py b/capa/main.py
index 9d3d96e0..d8584d9d 100644
--- a/capa/main.py
+++ b/capa/main.py
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ def collect_metadata(argv, path, format, extractor):
 
     return {
         "timestamp": datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
+        "version": capa.version.__version__,
         "argv": argv,
         "sample": {
             "md5": md5.hexdigest(),
diff --git a/capa/render/default.py b/capa/render/default.py
index a93bdda7..55cc8639 100644
--- a/capa/render/default.py
+++ b/capa/render/default.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import tabulate
 
 import capa.render.utils as rutils
 
+tabulate.PRESERVE_WHITESPACE = True
 
 def width(s, character_count):
     """pad the given string to at least `character_count`"""
@@ -14,6 +15,22 @@ def width(s, character_count):
         return s
 
 
+def render_meta(doc, ostream):
+    rows = [(
+        rutils.bold("Capa Report for"),
+        rutils.bold(doc["meta"]["sample"]["md5"]),
+    )]
+
+    for k in ("timestamp", "version"):
+        rows.append((width(k, 22), width(doc["meta"][k], 60)))
+
+    for k in ("path", "md5"):
+        rows.append((k, doc["meta"]["sample"][k]))
+
+    ostream.write(tabulate.tabulate(rows, tablefmt="psql"))
+    ostream.write("\n")
+
+
 def render_capabilities(doc, ostream):
     """
     example::
@@ -90,8 +107,10 @@ def render_attack(doc, ostream):
 
 
 def render_default(doc):
-    ostream = six.StringIO()
+    ostream = rutils.StringIO()
 
+    render_meta(doc, ostream)
+    ostream.write("\n")
     render_attack(doc, ostream)
     ostream.write("\n")
     render_capabilities(doc, ostream)
diff --git a/capa/render/verbose.py b/capa/render/verbose.py
index c89697bb..7aebd70b 100644
--- a/capa/render/verbose.py
+++ b/capa/render/verbose.py
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ import capa.render.utils as rutils
 def render_verbose(doc):
     ostream = rutils.StringIO()
 
+    rows = [(
+        rutils.bold("Capa Report for"),
+        rutils.bold(doc["meta"]["sample"]["md5"]),
+    )]
+    for k in ("timestamp", "version"):
+        rows.append((k,doc["meta"][k]))
+
+    for k in ("path", "md5", "sha1", "sha256"):
+        rows.append((k, doc["meta"]["sample"][k]))
+
+    for k in ("format", "extractor"):
+        rows.append((k, doc["meta"]["analysis"][k]))
+
+    ostream.writeln(tabulate.tabulate(rows, tablefmt="plain"))
+    ostream.write("\n")
+
     for rule in rutils.capability_rules(doc):
         count = len(rule["matches"])
         if count == 1:
diff --git a/capa/render/vverbose.py b/capa/render/vverbose.py
index d738223b..ddfb7592 100644
--- a/capa/render/vverbose.py
+++ b/capa/render/vverbose.py
@@ -141,6 +141,23 @@ def render_match(ostream, match, indent=0, mode=MODE_SUCCESS):
 def render_vverbose(doc):
     ostream = rutils.StringIO()
 
+    rows = [(
+        rutils.bold("Capa Report for"),
+        rutils.bold(doc["meta"]["sample"]["md5"]),
+    )]
+    for k in ("timestamp", "version"):
+        rows.append((k,doc["meta"][k]))
+
+    for k in ("path", "md5", "sha1", "sha256"):
+        rows.append((k, doc["meta"]["sample"][k]))
+
+    for k in ("format", "extractor"):
+        rows.append((k, doc["meta"]["analysis"][k]))
+
+    ostream.writeln(rutils.bold("Capa Report for " + doc["meta"]["sample"]["md5"]))
+    ostream.writeln(tabulate.tabulate(rows, tablefmt="plain"))
+    ostream.write("\n")
+
     for rule in rutils.capability_rules(doc):
         count = len(rule["matches"])
         if count == 1: