diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
index 15799c53f..9d0a15a42 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Main.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public class Main {
             } else if (arg.equals("-quiet") || arg.equals("-q")) {
                 msgOutputLevel = Project.MSG_WARN;
             } else if (arg.equals("-verbose") || arg.equals("-v")) {
+                printVersion();
                 msgOutputLevel = Project.MSG_VERBOSE;
             } else if (arg.equals("-logfile") || arg.equals("-l")) {
                 try {