diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index 8bec400..1024206 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
+#include <poppler-config.h>
+
 #include <goo/GooString.h>
 
 #include <Object.h>
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "HTMLRenderer/HTMLRenderer.h"
 #include "util/ArgParser.h"
 #include "util/path.h"
+#include "util/ffw.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace pdf2htmlEX;
@@ -31,11 +34,17 @@ using namespace pdf2htmlEX;
 Param param;
 ArgParser argparser;
 
-void show_usage_and_exit(const char * dummy = nullptr)
+void show_version()
 {
-    cerr << "pdftohtmlEX version " << PDF2HTMLEX_VERSION << endl;
+    cerr << "pdftohtmlEX version " << PDF2HTMLEX_VERSION;
+    cerr << " (poppler " << POPPLER_VERSION;
+    cerr << ", libfontforge " << ffw_get_version() << ")";
     cerr << endl;
     cerr << "Copyright 2012 Lu Wang <coolwanglu@gmail.com>" << endl;
+}
+
+void show_usage()
+{
     cerr << endl;
     cerr << "Usage: pdf2htmlEX [Options] <input.pdf> [<output.html>]" << endl;
     cerr << endl;
@@ -47,11 +56,24 @@ void show_usage_and_exit(const char * dummy = nullptr)
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+void show_usage_and_exit(const char * dummy = nullptr)
+{
+    show_version();
+    show_usage();
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+void show_version_and_exit(const char * dummy = nullptr)
+{
+    show_version();
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
 void parse_options (int argc, char **argv)
 {
     argparser
         .add("help,h", "show all options", &show_usage_and_exit)
-        .add("version,v", "show copyright and version info", &show_usage_and_exit)
+        .add("version,v", "show copyright and version info", &show_version_and_exit)
 
         .add("owner-password,o", &param.owner_password, "", "owner password (for encrypted files)", nullptr, true)
         .add("user-password,u", &param.user_password, "", "user password (for encrypted files)", nullptr, true)
diff --git a/src/util/ffw.c b/src/util/ffw.c
index d0e0858..6bf2982 100644
--- a/src/util/ffw.c
+++ b/src/util/ffw.c
@@ -400,3 +400,10 @@ void ffw_auto_hint(void)
     FVAutoHint(cur_fv);
     FVAutoInstr(cur_fv);
 }
+
+char* ffw_get_version(void)
+{
+    char* str = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * 20);
+    printf("%d", library_version_configuration.library_source_versiondate);
+    return str;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/ffw.h b/src/util/ffw.h
index d388677..ae2758b 100644
--- a/src/util/ffw.h
+++ b/src/util/ffw.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 // global
 void ffw_init(int debug);
 void ffw_finalize(void);
+char* ffw_get_version(void);
 
 ////////////////////////
 // load & save