diff --git a/bsd-user/main.c b/bsd-user/main.c
index bbba43f716..b4a0a00c3f 100644
--- a/bsd-user/main.c
+++ b/bsd-user/main.c
@@ -667,7 +667,8 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUSPARCState *env)
 
 static void usage(void)
 {
-    printf("qemu-" TARGET_NAME " version " QEMU_VERSION ", Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n"
+    printf("qemu-" TARGET_NAME " version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION
+           ", " QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
            "usage: qemu-" TARGET_NAME " [options] program [arguments...]\n"
            "BSD CPU emulator (compiled for %s emulation)\n"
            "\n"
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index 1f2cb94318..9e8b0bd991 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 
+/* Copyright string for -version arguments, About dialogs, etc */
+#define QEMU_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (c) 2003-2016 " \
+    "Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers"
+
 /* main function, renamed */
 #if defined(CONFIG_COCOA)
 int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 462e820469..f2f4d2f05a 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -4000,7 +4000,7 @@ static void handle_arg_strace(const char *arg)
 static void handle_arg_version(const char *arg)
 {
     printf("qemu-" TARGET_NAME " version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION
-           ", Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n");
+           ", " QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index d2865a589e..f204d04136 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #define QEMU_IMG_VERSION "qemu-img version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION \
-                          ", Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n"
+                          ", " QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
 
 typedef struct img_cmd_t {
     const char *name;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c4eeaffb91..b3c80d5077 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,8 @@ static void main_loop(void)
 
 static void version(void)
 {
-    printf("QEMU emulator version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION ", Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard\n");
+    printf("QEMU emulator version " QEMU_VERSION QEMU_PKGVERSION ", "
+           QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n");
 }
 
 static void help(int exitcode)