diff --git a/testcurl.sh b/testcurl.sh
index 9571a92a4..1b63c68c9 100755
--- a/testcurl.sh
+++ b/testcurl.sh
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ else
   die "src/curl was not created"
 fi
 
+log "display curl --version output"
+
+./src/curl --version
+
 log "run make test-full"
 make test-full 2>&1 | sed -e "s:$pwd::g" | tee $buildlog