diff --git a/platform/commonUI/about/bundle.json b/platform/commonUI/about/bundle.json
index 663d2550eb..142241449c 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/about/bundle.json
+++ b/platform/commonUI/about/bundle.json
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
                 "key": "about-logo",
                 "priority": "preferred",
                 "templateUrl": "templates/about-logo.html"
+            },
+            {
+                "key": "about-dialog",
+                "templateUrl": "templates/about-dialog.html"
+            },
+            {
+                "key": "overlay-about",
+                "templateUrl": "templates/overlay-about.html"
             }
         ],
         "controllers": [
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/about-dialog.html b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/about-dialog.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7840b8860b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/about-dialog.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<div ng-controller = "AboutController as about">
+    This is a placeholder for the about dialog.
+
+    <a ng-click="about.openLicenses()">Show licenses.</a>
+
+    <p ng-repeat = "version in about.versions()">
+        <span title="{{version.description}}">
+            <b>{{version.name}}</b>
+            <i>{{version.value}}</i>
+        </span>
+    </p>
+</div>
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/about-logo.html b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/about-logo.html
index c31a7d55a7..2b658c2696 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/about-logo.html
+++ b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/about-logo.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <span ng-controller="LogoController as logo">
-    <mct-include ng-click="show-about-dialog" key="'app-logo'">
+    <mct-include ng-click="logo.showAboutDialog()" key="'app-logo'">
     </mct-include>
 </span>
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/licenses.html b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/licenses.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3af087cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/licenses.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Placeholder for open source licenses.
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diff --git a/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/overlay-about.html b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/overlay-about.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9af8cd923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/commonUI/about/res/templates/overlay-about.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<mct-container key="overlay">
+    <mct-include key="'about-dialog'">
+    </mct-include>
+</mct-container>
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diff --git a/platform/core/bundle.json b/platform/core/bundle.json
index 6cb0f329f6..3ae730083c 100644
--- a/platform/core/bundle.json
+++ b/platform/core/bundle.json
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
     "description": "Defines core concepts of Open MCT Web.",
     "sources": "src",
     "extensions": {
+        "versions": [
+            {
+                "name": "Open MCT Web",
+                "value": "0.3.0-dev",
+                "priority": 1000
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "Built",
+                "value": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:ssZ",
+                "description": "The date on which this version of the client was built.",
+                "priority": 990
+            }
+        ],
         "components": [
             {
                 "provides": "objectService",
diff --git a/platform/framework/bundle.json b/platform/framework/bundle.json
index a09bea185c..057e9287d0 100644
--- a/platform/framework/bundle.json
+++ b/platform/framework/bundle.json
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
             }
         }
     },
-    "extensions": {}
+    "extensions": {
+    }
 }
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