diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3571d5d4b..b5f09d2f9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	src/lxc/lxc-netstat
 	src/lxc/lxc-checkconfig
 	src/lxc/lxc-setcap
-	src/lxc/lxc-config
+	src/lxc/lxc-version
 
 	etc/Makefile
 	etc/lxc-macvlan.conf
diff --git a/src/lxc/Makefile.am b/src/lxc/Makefile.am
index 66d9f28cf..f40b31f55 100644
--- a/src/lxc/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/lxc/Makefile.am
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = \
 	lxc-ls \
 	lxc-checkconfig \
 	lxc-setcap \
-	lxc-config
+	lxc-version
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = \
 	lxc-unshare \
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc-version.in b/src/lxc/lxc-version.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..190408e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc-version.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:@DATADIR@/pkgconfig
+echo "lxc version: $(pkg-config --modversion lxc)"