diff --git a/1.8.md b/1.8.md
index 473931a1..37af0a39 100644
--- a/1.8.md
+++ b/1.8.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Supress `getconfig` and `getscriptdir` errors.
 - Fix issue when title and background were both color `7`.
 - Fix issues with `bc` and the scale option. **[@maddcoder](https://github.com/maddcoder)**
+- Added `--version` to print the neofetch version.
 
 
 ### Info
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98d6ce79..9336f17d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -468,6 +468,11 @@ alias fetch2="fetch \
     --config /path/to/config    Specify a path to a custom config file
     --config none               Launch the script without a config file
     --help                      Print this text and exit
+    --version                   Show neofetch version
+    --test                      Launch the script with all functions / options enabled.
+                                This should only be used for testing purposes, ie Travis.CI.
+    -v                          Display error messages.
+    -vv                         Display a verbose log for error reporting.
 
 
 <!-- }}} -->
diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 7e8aeb5f..6d8b6f53 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -2957,6 +2957,7 @@ usage () { cat << EOF
     --config /path/to/config    Specify a path to a custom config file
     --config none               Launch the script without a config file
     --help                      Print this text and exit
+    --version                   Show neofetch version
     --test                      Launch the script with all functions / options enabled.
                                 This should only be used for testing purposes, ie Travis.CI.
     -v                          Display error messages.
@@ -3154,6 +3155,7 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
         -v) verbose="on" ;;
         -vv) set -x; verbose="on" ;;
         --help) usage ;;
+        --version) printf "%s\n" "Neofetch 1.8"; exit ;;
     esac
 
     shift
diff --git a/neofetch.1 b/neofetch.1
index cc0f9a6a..d23f1b1b 100644
--- a/neofetch.1
+++ b/neofetch.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NEOFETCH "1" "March 2016" "1.5" "User Commands"
+.TH NEOFETCH "1" "May 2016" "1.8" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 neofetch \- simple system information script
 
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ Launch the script without a config file
 Launch the script with all functions / options enabled.
 This should only be used for testing purposes, ie Travis.CI.
 .TP
+.B \--version
+Show neofetch version.
+.TP
 .B \-v
 Display error messages.
 .TP