diff --git a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
index a75ebf4dbdb9146ca5af72a4c7368914a7621f63..72b0843c4f545a5025ce80617f2e5c3ab813809e 100644
--- a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
+++ b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
@@ -698,6 +698,10 @@ static void parse_args(
                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
             }
             g_args.databases = true;
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(argv[i], "--version", strlen("--version")) || 
+            0 == strncmp(argv[i], "-V", strlen("-V"))) {
+                printVersion();
+                exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
         } else {
             continue;
         }