diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f417595..e2f9269 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19)
 
 set(HYPRCURSOR_VERSION "0.1.2")
+add_compile_definitions(HYPRCURSOR_VERSION="${HYPRCURSOR_VERSION}")
 
 project(hyprcursor
     VERSION ${HYPRCURSOR_VERSION}
diff --git a/hyprcursor-util/CMakeLists.txt b/hyprcursor-util/CMakeLists.txt
index 329be9c..81d2847 100644
--- a/hyprcursor-util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hyprcursor-util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ project(
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET hyprlang>=0.4.0 libzip)
+add_compile_definitions(HYPRCURSOR_VERSION="${HYPRCURSOR_VERSION}")
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/*.cpp")
 
diff --git a/hyprcursor-util/src/main.cpp b/hyprcursor-util/src/main.cpp
index 03518d8..6a622b4 100644
--- a/hyprcursor-util/src/main.cpp
+++ b/hyprcursor-util/src/main.cpp
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp) {
     for (size_t i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
         std::string arg = argv[i];
 
+        if (arg == "-v" || arg == "--version") {
+            std::cout << "hyprcursor-util, built from v" << HYPRCURSOR_VERSION << "\n";
+            exit(0);
+        }
+
         if (i == 1) {
             // mode
             if (arg == "--create" || arg == "-c") {