diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index ac34813be89904025a3cbf3b173da0a6a73cfc97..7179a83344f7917225d9276ede350455806d34b5 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
 
     const use_full_name = b.option(bool, "use-full-name", "") orelse false;
     const with_arch_os = b.fmt("-{}-{}", .{@tagName(target.cpu_arch orelse builtin.arch), @tagName(target.os_tag orelse builtin.os.tag)});
-    const version_tag = if (b.option([]const u8, "tag", "")) |vt| b.fmt("-{}", .{vt}) else "";
-    const exe_name = b.fmt("{}{}{}", .{ "zigmod", version_tag, if (use_full_name) with_arch_os else "" });
+    const exe_name = b.fmt("{}{}", .{ "zigmod", if (use_full_name) with_arch_os else "" });
 
     const exe = b.addExecutable(exe_name, "src/main.zig");
     exe.setTarget(target);
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) void {
     if (mode != .Debug) {
         exe.strip = true;
     }
+    exe.addBuildOption([]const u8, "version", b.option([]const u8, "tag", "") orelse "");
 
     exe.linkLibC();
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 810b3cda07e058bad4d914e254bee7fe6c3930f6..fdbb078790f80cefa9ff74db8fa138be407e5753 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const args = proc_args[1..];
 
     if (args.len == 0) {
-        u.print("zigmod-{}-{}-{}", .{@tagName(builtin.os.tag), @tagName(builtin.arch), @tagName(builtin.abi)});
+        u.print("zigmod {} {} {} {}", .{
+            @import("build_options").version,
+            @tagName(builtin.os.tag),
+            @tagName(builtin.arch),
+            @tagName(builtin.abi)
+        });
         return;
     }
 
@@ -32,6 +37,5 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             return;
         }
     }
-
     std.debug.panic("Error: unknown command \"{}\" for \"zigmod\"", .{args[0]});
 }