diff --git a/src/basic/util.c b/src/basic/util.c
index 96c314e895..e577c93e60 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.c
+++ b/src/basic/util.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ uint64_t system_tasks_max_scale(uint64_t v, uint64_t max) {
 }
 
 int version(void) {
-        puts("systemd " GIT_VERSION "\n"
+        puts("systemd " STRINGIFY(PROJECT_VERSION) " (" GIT_VERSION ")\n"
              SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
         return 0;
 }