diff --git a/src/app/main.c b/src/app/main.c
index b5231e08..60cc6c7a 100644
--- a/src/app/main.c
+++ b/src/app/main.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ rpmostree_option_context_parse (GOptionContext *context,
        */
       g_auto(GStrv) features = g_strsplit (RPM_OSTREE_FEATURES, " ", -1);
       g_print ("%s:\n", PACKAGE_NAME);
-      g_print (" Version: %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
+      g_print (" Version: '%s'\n", PACKAGE_VERSION);
       if (strlen (RPM_OSTREE_GITREV) > 0)
         g_print (" Git: %s\n", RPM_OSTREE_GITREV);
       g_print (" Features:\n");