diff --git a/src/apk.c b/src/apk.c
index 3dbab07fe30bb235c0b35a880973bd0bef3bc883..3ec241e537090e06a6d86dc1936499ceb85a85ef 100644
--- a/src/apk.c
+++ b/src/apk.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static struct apk_option generic_options[] = {
 
 static int version(void)
 {
-	printf("apk-tools " APK_VERSION "\n");
+	printf("apk-tools " APK_VERSION ", compiled for " APK_DEFAULT_ARCH ".\n");
 	return 0;
 }