diff --git a/qemu-io.c b/qemu-io.c
index 4cfa41c8f9..ec175630a6 100644
--- a/qemu-io.c
+++ b/qemu-io.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "crypto/init.h"
+#include "qemu-version.h"
 
 #define CMD_NOFILE_OK   0x01
 
@@ -522,7 +523,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             trace_file = trace_opt_parse(optarg);
             break;
         case 'V':
-            printf("%s version %s\n", progname, QEMU_VERSION);
+            printf("%s version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION "\n"
+                   QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n", progname);
             exit(0);
         case 'h':
             usage(progname);