diff --git a/install.do b/install.do
index 47889ae..9a736f0 100644
--- a/install.do
+++ b/install.do
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ redo-ifchange _all
 echo "Installing to: $DESTDIR$PREFIX"
 
 # make dirs
-$INSTALL -d $MANDIR/man1 $DOCDIR $BINDIR $LIBDIR
+$INSTALL -d $MANDIR/man1 $DOCDIR $BINDIR $LIBDIR $LIBDIR/version
 
 # docs
 for d in Documentation/*.1; do
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ done
 $INSTALL -m 0644 README.md $DOCDIR
 
 # .py files (precompiled to .pyc files for speed)
-for d in *.py; do
+for d in *.py version/*.py; do
 	fix=$(echo $d | sed 's,-,_,g')
 	$INSTALL -m 0644 $d $LIBDIR/$fix
 done
diff --git a/redo.py b/redo.py
index ce9e3bc..42d61d2 100755
--- a/redo.py
+++ b/redo.py
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ k,keep-going  keep going as long as possible even if some targets fail
 shuffle    randomize the build order to find dependency bugs
 debug-locks  print messages about file locking (useful for debugging)
 debug-pids   print process ids as part of log messages (useful for debugging)
+version    print the current version and exit
 """
 o = options.Options('redo', optspec)
 (opt, flags, extra) = o.parse(sys.argv[1:])
 
 targets = extra or ['all']
 
+if opt.version:
+    import version
+    print version.TAG
+    sys.exit(0)
 if opt.debug:
     os.environ['REDO_DEBUG'] = str(opt.debug or 0)
 if opt.verbose: