diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 20207c43..eab42e1e 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ build() {
   ./foot --term=xterm -- sh -c "../scripts/generate-alt-random-writes.py --scroll --scroll-region --colors-regular --colors-bright --colors-rgb ${tmp_file} && cat ${tmp_file}"
   rm "${tmp_file}"
 
+  ./footclient --version
+
   meson configure -Db_pgo=use
   ninja
 }