@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
 set -e
 
+tuapi_version="$(grep Tcl_PkgProvide tuapi.c | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed 's@[");]*@@g')"
+
 case "$1" in
 	clean|distclean)
 		rm -rf out inst
 		rm -f libtuapi.a tuapi.o tuapi.so
 		rm -f tuapi.tcl.h
 		exit 0
 		;;
+	version)
+		echo "${tuapi_version}"
+		;;
 esac
 
-tuapi_version="$(grep Tcl_PkgProvide tuapi.c | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed 's@[");]*@@g')"
-
 ./stringify.tcl tuapi.tcl > tuapi.tcl.h