diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 346e7df27..6addad303 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - Qt: Fix game unpausing after frame advancing and refocusing
  - SDL: Fix game crash check
  - SDL: Fix race condition with audio thread when starting
+ - SDL: Fix showing version number
  - Test: Fix crash when loading invalid file
  - Test: Fix crash when fuzzing fails to load a file
  - Test: Don't rely on core for frames elapsed
diff --git a/src/platform/sdl/main.c b/src/platform/sdl/main.c
index 84efaade4..d949951df 100644
--- a/src/platform/sdl/main.c
+++ b/src/platform/sdl/main.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 	initParserForGraphics(&subparser, &graphicsOpts);
 	bool parsed = parseArguments(&args, argc, argv, &subparser);
-	if (!args.fname) {
+	if (!args.fname && !args.showVersion) {
 		parsed = false;
 	}
 	if (!parsed || args.showHelp) {