diff --git a/permission-store/permission-store.c b/permission-store/permission-store.c
index f3e867058..dcb1c17a9 100644
--- a/permission-store/permission-store.c
+++ b/permission-store/permission-store.c
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ on_name_lost (GDBusConnection *connection,
 
 static gboolean opt_verbose;
 static gboolean opt_replace;
+static gboolean opt_version;
 
 static GOptionEntry entries[] = {
-  { "verbose", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_verbose, "Print debug information during command processing", NULL },
+  { "verbose", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_verbose, "Print debug information", NULL },
   { "replace", 'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_replace, "Replace", NULL },
+  { "version", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_version, "Print version and exit", NULL },
   { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -115,6 +117,12 @@ main (int    argc,
       return 1;
     }
 
+  if (opt_version)
+    {
+      g_print ("%s\n", PACKAGE_STRING);
+      exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
+    }
+
   if (opt_verbose)
     g_log_set_handler (G_LOG_DOMAIN, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, message_handler, NULL);