1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/cli/main.cpp b/src/cli/main.cpp
index 74cf71d37..1f806a906 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/main.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
       cmd_name = argv[1];
       if(cmd_name == "--help" || cmd_name == "-h")
          cmd_name = "help";
+      if(cmd_name == "--version" || cmd_name == "-V")
+         cmd_name = "version";
       }
 
    std::unique_ptr<Botan_CLI::Command> cmd(Botan_CLI::Command::get_cmd(cmd_name));