diff --git a/vimmerge b/vimmerge
index ee87d7a..d355642 100755
--- a/vimmerge
+++ b/vimmerge
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ main() {
 
   cmd=${0%merge}
   cmd=${cmd##*/}
-  args=$(getopt -o m:y:o:w:bq --long mine:,yours:,older:,write:,quiet,backup -n "$0" -- "$@") || exit
+  args=$(getopt -o m:y:o:w:bq --long mine:,yours:,older:,write:,quiet,backup,version -n "$0" -- "$@") || exit
   eval set -- "$args"
 
   while true; do
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ main() {
       -w|--write) write=$2; shift 2 ;;
       --order) order=$2; shift 2 ;;
       -q|--quiet) quiet=true; shift ;;
+      --version) echo "${cmd}merge 1.0.1"; exit 0 ;;
       --) shift; break ;;
       *) echo "failed to process cmdline args" >&2; exit 1 ;;
     esac