diff --git a/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in b/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in
index 9569fa8d..1b11fb83 100644
--- a/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in
+++ b/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace ldc {
 
 const char * const ldc_version = "@LDC_VERSION@";
-const char * const dmd_version = "@DMD_VERSION@";
+const char * const dmd_version = "v@DMD_VERSION@";
 const char * const llvm_version = "@LLVM_VERSION_STRING@";
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/driver/main.cpp b/driver/main.cpp
index e55177b1..3b7de563 100644
--- a/driver/main.cpp
+++ b/driver/main.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static cl::list<std::string, StringsAdapter> debuglibs("debuglib",
 
 void printVersion() {
     printf("LDC - the LLVM D compiler (%s):\n", global.ldc_version);
-    printf("  based on DMD v%s and LLVM %s\n", global.version, global.llvm_version);
+    printf("  based on DMD %s and LLVM %s\n", global.version, global.llvm_version);
     printf("  Default target: %s\n", llvm::sys::getDefaultTargetTriple().c_str());
     std::string CPU = llvm::sys::getHostCPUName();
     if (CPU == "generic") CPU = "(unknown)";