diff --git a/src/ld65/dbgfile.c b/src/ld65/dbgfile.c
index b3c7e9fe9..6063dc759 100644
--- a/src/ld65/dbgfile.c
+++ b/src/ld65/dbgfile.c
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 /*                                                                           */
 /*                                                                           */
 /*                                                                           */
-/* (C) 2003      Ullrich von Bassewitz                                       */
-/*               Römerstraße 52                                              */
-/*               D-70794 Filderstadt                                         */
-/* EMail:        uz@cc65.org                                                 */
+/* (C) 2003-2010, Ullrich von Bassewitz                                      */
+/*                Roemerstrasse 52                                           */
+/*                D-70794 Filderstadt                                        */
+/* EMail:         uz@cc65.org                                                */
 /*                                                                           */
 /*                                                                           */
 /* This software is provided 'as-is', without any expressed or implied       */
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ void CreateDbgFile (void)
        	Error ("Cannot create debug file `%s': %s", DbgFileName, strerror (errno));
     }
 
+    /* Output version information */
+    fprintf (F, "version\tmajor=1,minor=0\n");
+
     /* Clear the debug sym table (used to detect duplicates) */
     ClearDbgSymTable ();