diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index cfcfd9366..0fd29780a 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ test1144 test1145 test1146 test1147 test1148 test1149 test1150 test1151 \
 test1152 test1153 test1154 test1155 test1156 test1157 test1158 test1159 \
 test1160 test1161 test1162 test1163 test1164 test1165 test1166 test1167 \
 \
-test1170 test1171 test1172 test1173 test1174 test1175 test1176 \
+test1170 test1171 test1172 test1173 test1174 test1175 test1176 test1177 \
 \
 test1200 test1201 test1202 test1203 test1204 test1205 test1206 test1207 \
 test1208 test1209 test1210 test1211 test1212 test1213 test1214 test1215 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1177 b/tests/data/test1177
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75a1ab350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1177
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+source analysis
+CURL_VERSION
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+none
+</server>
+
+ <name>
+Verify that CURL_VERSION_* in headers and docs are in sync
+ </name>
+
+<command type="perl">
+%SRCDIR/version-scan.pl %SRCDIR/../docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 ../include/curl/curl.h
+</command>
+</client>
+
+</testcase>
diff --git a/tests/version-scan.pl b/tests/version-scan.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..788ba0fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/version-scan.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#***************************************************************************
+#                                  _   _ ____  _
+#  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+#                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+#                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+#                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+#
+# This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+# you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+# are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+#
+# You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+#
+# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.
+#
+###########################################################################
+#
+# Verify that curl_version_info.3 documents all the CURL_VERSION_ bits
+# from the header.
+#
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $manpage=$ARGV[0];
+my $header=$ARGV[1];
+my %manversion;
+my %headerversion;
+my $error;
+
+open(M, "<$manpage");
+while(<M>) {
+    if($_ =~ /^.ip (CURL_VERSION_[A-Z0-9_]+)/i) {
+        $manversion{$1}++;
+    }
+}
+close(M);
+
+open(H, "<$header");
+while(<H>) {
+    if($_ =~ /^\#define (CURL_VERSION_[A-Z0-9_]+)/i) {
+        $headerversion{$1}++;
+    }
+}
+close(H);
+
+for my $h (keys %headerversion) {
+    if(!$manversion{$h}) {
+        print STDERR "$manpage: missing $h\n";
+        $error++;
+    }
+}
+for my $h (keys %manversion) {
+    if(!$headerversion{$h}) {
+        print STDERR "$manpage: $h is not in the header!\n";
+        $error++;
+    }
+}
+
+exit $error;