diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9a972004bf..5900b39790 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ 993.	[func]		dig: -v now reports the version.
+
  992.	[doc]		dig: ~/.digrc is now documented.
 
  991.	[func]		Lower UDP refresh timeout messages to level
diff --git a/bin/dig/dig.c b/bin/dig/dig.c
index 5a6964f69b..e9fa1d709c 100644
--- a/bin/dig/dig.c
+++ b/bin/dig/dig.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: dig.c,v 1.160 2001/09/12 21:48:41 gson Exp $ */
+/* $Id: dig.c,v 1.161 2001/09/13 01:42:21 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -137,13 +137,18 @@ print_usage(FILE *fp) {
 }
 
 static void
-usage() {
+usage(void) {
 	print_usage(stderr);
 	fputs("\nUse \"dig -h\" (or \"dig -h | more\") "
 	      "for complete list of options\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
 
+static void
+version(void) {
+	fputs("DiG " VERSION "\n", stderr);
+}
+
 static void
 help(void) {
 	print_usage(stdout);
@@ -195,7 +200,9 @@ help(void) {
 "                 +[no]dnssec         (Request DNSSEC records)\n"
 "                 +[no]multiline      (Print records in an expanded format)\n"
 "        global d-opts and servers (before host name) affect all queries.\n"
-"        local d-opts and servers (after host name) affect only that lookup.\n",
+"        local d-opts and servers (after host name) affect only that lookup.\n"
+"        -h                           (print help and exit)\n"
+"        -v                           (print version and exit)\n",
 	stdout);
 }
 
@@ -932,6 +939,10 @@ dash_option(char *option, char *next, dig_lookup_t **lookup,
 	case 'n':
 		nibble = ISC_TRUE;
 		return (ISC_FALSE);
+	case 'v':
+		version();
+		exit(0);
+		break;
 	}
 	if (value == NULL)
 		goto invalid_option;