diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f194f7..66773db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Configuring XDPH in Release with CMake")
 endif()
 
+add_compile_definitions(XDPH_VERSION="${VER}")
+
 include_directories(. "protocols/")
 
 # configure
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d7a4482..cdeb83d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 #include "core/PortalManager.hpp"
 
 void printHelp() {
-    std::cout << R"#(| xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
-| --------------------------------------
-| -v (--verbose) > enable trace logging
-| -q (--quiet) > disable logging
-| -h (--help) > print this menu
+    std::cout << R"#(┃ xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
+┣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+┃ -v (--verbose)    → enable trace logging
+┃ -q (--quiet)      → disable logging
+┃ -h (--help)       → print this menu
+┃ -V (--version)    → print xdph's version
 )#";
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp) {
         else if (arg == "--help" || arg == "-h") {
             printHelp();
             return 0;
+        } else if (arg == "--version" || arg == "-V") {
+            std::cout << "xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland v" << XDPH_VERSION << "\n";
+            return 0;
         } else {
             printHelp();
             return 1;