diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_basic.py b/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
index 1270c3185101a35df96c290582fdfe17e0a1332c..6c2c991caaab71f83420eb9f3e960ce21d2180ee 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import xml.dom.minidom
 import glob
 import aexpect
 import signal
+import re
 
 if sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 6):
     import unittest2 as unittest
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@ class RunnerOperationTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='avocado_' + __name__)
 
+    def test_show_version(self):
+        result = process.run('./scripts/avocado -v', ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, 0)
+        self.assertTrue(re.match(r"^Avocado \d+\.\d+\.\d+$", result.stderr),
+                        "Version string does not match 'Avocado \\d\\.\\d\\.\\"
+                        "d':\n%r" % (result.stderr))
+
     def test_runner_all_ok(self):
         os.chdir(basedir)
         cmd_line = './scripts/avocado run --sysinfo=off --job-results-dir %s passtest passtest' % self.tmpdir