diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
index dc2c7926f605..4391b1547dab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ protected Jenkins(File root, ServletContext context, PluginManager pluginManager
             adjuncts = new AdjunctManager(getServletContext(), pluginManager.uberClassLoader, "adjuncts/" + SESSION_HASH, TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(365));
 
             ClassFilterImpl.register();
+            LOGGER.info("Starting version " + getVersion());
 
             // initialization consists of ...
             executeReactor(is,
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/jenkins/model/JenkinsVersionTest.java b/test/src/test/java/jenkins/model/JenkinsVersionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd72747ac889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test/java/jenkins/model/JenkinsVersionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package jenkins.model;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
+
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.JenkinsRule;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.LoggerRule;
+
+public class JenkinsVersionTest {
+    @Rule
+    public JenkinsRule j = new JenkinsRule();
+
+    @Rule
+    public LoggerRule logging = new LoggerRule().record(Jenkins.class, Level.INFO).capture(100);
+
+    @Test
+    public void printsVersion() {
+        assertThat(logging.getMessages(), hasItem(containsString(Jenkins.getVersion().toString())));
+    }
+}