diff --git a/src/conky.cc b/src/conky.cc
index 563928a1..639998ab 100644
--- a/src/conky.cc
+++ b/src/conky.cc
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static void reload_config(void);
 
 static void print_version(void)
 {
-        std::cout << _(PACKAGE_NAME" " VERSION" compiled for " BUILD_ARCH"\n"
+        std::cout << _(PACKAGE_NAME" " VERSION" compiled " BUILD_DATE" for " BUILD_ARCH"\n"
                 "\nCompiled in features:\n\n"
                 "System config file: " SYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE"\n"
                 "Package library path: " PACKAGE_LIBDIR"\n\n")