diff --git a/build_proton.sh b/build_proton.sh
index 712b64090..0f368300f 100755
--- a/build_proton.sh
+++ b/build_proton.sh
@@ -437,12 +437,16 @@ function build_vrclient32
 #Debian 9 is too old to build dxvk, so I gave up and I'm building it on my Arch
 #Linux box and checking the binaries into Git instead. Blech. --aeikum
 cd "$TOP"
+
 mkdir -p "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk
 cp "dxvk.win64/dxgi.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
 cp "dxvk.win64/d3d11.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
+git submodule status -- dxvk > "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/version
+
 mkdir -p "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk
 cp "dxvk.win32/dxgi.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
 cp "dxvk.win32/d3d11.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
+git submodule status -- dxvk > "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/version
 
 #unfortunately the Steam runtime chroot is too old to build dxvk, so
 #we have to build it in the host system