diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index deae614..9df9727 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## HEAD (unreleased)
 
+- Let -v respond with gem version instead of 'unknown' (https://github.com/zombocom/dead_end/pull/82)
+
 ## 2.0.0
 
 - Support "endless" oneline method definitions for Ruby 3+ (https://github.com/zombocom/dead_end/pull/80)
diff --git a/exe/dead_end b/exe/dead_end
index f7bb12e..d546ccd 100755
--- a/exe/dead_end
+++ b/exe/dead_end
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ parser = OptionParser.new do |opts|
     Options:
   EOM
 
+  opts.version = DeadEnd::VERSION
+
   opts.on("--help", "Help - displays this message") do |v|
     puts opts
     exit
diff --git a/spec/integration/exe_cli_spec.rb b/spec/integration/exe_cli_spec.rb
index 779b2f9..8ec8ddf 100644
--- a/spec/integration/exe_cli_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/exe_cli_spec.rb
@@ -62,5 +62,10 @@ def exe(cmd)
         expect(tmp_dir).to_not be_empty
       end
     end
+
+    it "prints the version" do
+      out = exe("-v")
+      expect(out.strip).to include(DeadEnd::VERSION)
+    end
   end
 end