diff --git a/udev.c b/udev.c
index 0aba8c4bf9..a398477118 100644
--- a/udev.c
+++ b/udev.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 	main_argv = argv;
 	main_envp = envp;
 
+	dbg("version %s", UDEV_VERSION);
+
 	if (argc != 2) {
 		dbg ("unknown number of arguments");
 		goto exit;