diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index a8d5197..34c3505 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@
 
 Split up, the format is as follows:
 
-	version, jobname, groupid, error
+	terse version, fio version, jobname, groupid, error
 	READ status:
 		Total IO (KB), bandwidth (KB/sec), IOPS, runtime (msec)
 		Submission latency: min, max, mean, deviation
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 2473b44..aa027dc 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@
 change.  The fields are:
 .P
 .RS
-.B version, jobname, groupid, error
+.B terse version, fio version, jobname, groupid, error
 .P
 Read status:
 .RS
diff --git a/fio.h b/fio.h
index 04963cd..df0daf6 100644
--- a/fio.h
+++ b/fio.h
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@
 extern int is_backend;
 extern int nr_clients;
 extern int log_syslog;
+extern const char fio_version_string[];
 extern const fio_fp64_t def_percentile_list[FIO_IO_U_LIST_MAX_LEN];
 
 extern struct thread_data *threads;
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 5bea948..fa71eea 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 #include "fio_version.h"
 
 #if FIO_PATCH > 0
-static char fio_version_string[] =	__fio_stringify(FIO_MAJOR) "."	\
+const char fio_version_string[] =	__fio_stringify(FIO_MAJOR) "."	\
 					__fio_stringify(FIO_MINOR) "."	\
 					__fio_stringify(FIO_PATCH);
 #else
-static char fio_version_string[] =	__fio_stringify(FIO_MAJOR) "."	\
+const char fio_version_string[] =	__fio_stringify(FIO_MAJOR) "."	\
 					__fio_stringify(FIO_MINOR);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/stat.c b/stat.c
index d310686..d611a72 100644
--- a/stat.c
+++ b/stat.c
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@
 	int i;
 
 	/* General Info */
-	log_info("%s;%s;%d;%d", FIO_TERSE_VERSION, ts->name, ts->groupid,
-				ts->error);
+	log_info("%s;%s;%s;%d;%d", FIO_TERSE_VERSION, fio_version_string,
+					ts->name, ts->groupid, ts->error);
 	/* Log Read Status */
 	show_ddir_status_terse(ts, rs, 0);
 	/* Log Write Status */