diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 54250b83c..ffa699414 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Misc:
  - GBA: Additional savestate sanity checks
  - GBA: Check for cycle count being too high
  - All: Reset next event to cycles instead of zero to interrupt
+ - All: Add --version flag
 
 0.3.0: (2015-08-16)
 Features:
diff --git a/src/platform/commandline.c b/src/platform/commandline.c
index 3502df37c..2842cf7e4 100644
--- a/src/platform/commandline.c
+++ b/src/platform/commandline.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static const struct option _options[] = {
 	{ "help",      no_argument, 0, 'h' },
 	{ "movie",     required_argument, 0, 'v' },
 	{ "patch",     required_argument, 0, 'p' },
+	{ "version",   no_argument, 0, '\0' },
 	{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -68,8 +69,17 @@ bool parseArguments(struct GBAArguments* opts, struct GBAConfig* config, int arg
 		// TODO: modularize options to subparsers
 		strncat(options, subparser->extraOptions, sizeof(options) - strlen(options) - 1);
 	}
-	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, options, _options, 0)) != -1) {
+	int index = 0;
+	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, options, _options, &index)) != -1) {
+		const struct option* opt = &_options[index];
 		switch (ch) {
+		case '\0':
+			if (strcmp(opt->name, "version") == 0) {
+				opts->showVersion = true;
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
+			break;
 		case 'b':
 			GBAConfigSetDefaultValue(config, "bios", optarg);
 			break;
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@ bool parseArguments(struct GBAArguments* opts, struct GBAConfig* config, int arg
 	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
 	if (argc != 1) {
-		return opts->showHelp;
+		return opts->showHelp || opts->showVersion;
 	}
 	opts->fname = strdup(argv[0]);
 	return true;
@@ -226,7 +236,12 @@ void usage(const char* arg0, const char* extraOptions) {
 	puts("  -v, --movie FILE    Play back a movie of recorded input");
 	puts("  -p, --patch FILE    Apply a specified patch file when running");
 	puts("  -s, --frameskip N   Skip every N frames");
+	puts("  --version           Print version and exit");
 	if (extraOptions) {
 		puts(extraOptions);
 	}
 }
+
+void version(const char* arg0) {
+	printf("%s %s (%s)\n", arg0, projectVersion, gitCommit);
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/commandline.h b/src/platform/commandline.h
index 32275633b..02d15b326 100644
--- a/src/platform/commandline.h
+++ b/src/platform/commandline.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct GBAArguments {
 	enum DebuggerType debuggerType;
 	bool debugAtStart;
 	bool showHelp;
+	bool showVersion;
 };
 
 struct SubParser {
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ bool parseArguments(struct GBAArguments* opts, struct GBAConfig* config, int arg
 void freeArguments(struct GBAArguments* opts);
 
 void usage(const char* arg0, const char* extraOptions);
+void version(const char* arg0);
 
 void initParserForGraphics(struct SubParser* parser, struct GraphicsOpts* opts);
 struct ARMDebugger* createDebugger(struct GBAArguments* opts, struct GBAThread* context);
diff --git a/src/platform/perf-main.c b/src/platform/perf-main.c
index 942dd57d9..a2b49bc28 100644
--- a/src/platform/perf-main.c
+++ b/src/platform/perf-main.c
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		GBAConfigDeinit(&config);
 		return !parsed;
 	}
+	if (args.showVersion) {
+		version(argv[0]);
+		freeArguments(&args);
+		GBAConfigFreeOpts(&opts);
+		GBAConfigDeinit(&config);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	renderer.outputBuffer = malloc(256 * 256 * 4);
 	renderer.outputBufferStride = 256;
diff --git a/src/platform/sdl/main.c b/src/platform/sdl/main.c
index 78dda4706..78ab4c70e 100644
--- a/src/platform/sdl/main.c
+++ b/src/platform/sdl/main.c
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		GBAConfigDeinit(&config);
 		return !parsed;
 	}
+	if (args.showVersion) {
+		version(argv[0]);
+		freeArguments(&args);
+		GBAConfigFreeOpts(&opts);
+		GBAConfigDeinit(&config);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	GBAConfigMap(&config, &opts);