diff --git a/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go b/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go
index 86ca563..58f5bde 100644
--- a/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go
+++ b/cmd/grpcurl/grpcurl.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl"
 )
 
-var version = "<not set>"
+var version = "dev build <no version set>"
 
 var (
 	exit = os.Exit