diff --git a/src/appimagetool.c b/src/appimagetool.c
index f6a9e3d..cdaf32d 100644
--- a/src/appimagetool.c
+++ b/src/appimagetool.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     fprintf(
-        stdout,
+        showVersionOnly ? stdout : stderr,
         "appimagetool, %s (git version %s), build %s built on %s\n",
         RELEASE_NAME, GIT_VERSION, BUILD_NUMBER, BUILD_DATE
     );