diff --git a/commit-patch b/commit-patch
index 11e5d40..40f314f 100755
--- a/commit-patch
+++ b/commit-patch
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ my ($message, $message_filename);
 GetOptions("h|help" => sub { pod2usage(1) },
            "n|dry-run"        => \$dry_run,
            "v|verbose"        => \$verbose,
+           "version"          => sub { print "Version $VERSION\n"; exit },
            $commit_patch ?
              ("m|message=s"      => \$message,
               "F|message-file=s" => \$message_filename)