diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js
index 2ca31331ae..3be8127d1d 100755
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ commander.on("--help", function () {
 });
 
 var pkg = require("../../package.json");
-commander.version(pkg.version);
+commander.version(pkg.version + " (babel-core " + require("babel-core").version + ")");
 commander.usage("[options] <files ...>");
 commander.parse(process.argv);