diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ccfebff16..da71b6425 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 	* doc/descriptions-external/brother2.desc
 	  tools/hotplug/libsane.usermap: Brother DCP-7010 is reported to
 	  work (bug #302862).
+	* tools/check-usb-chip.c: Print version information when detecting
+	  chip sets.
 
 2006-01-06  Oliver Schwartz <Oliver.Schwartz@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/tools/check-usb-chip.c b/tools/check-usb-chip.c
index 883566522..87eb72cf2 100644
--- a/tools/check-usb-chip.c
+++ b/tools/check-usb-chip.c
@@ -2960,9 +2960,11 @@ check_usb_chip (struct usb_device *dev, int verbosity, SANE_Bool from_file)
   if (verbose > 2)
     {
       if (chip_name)
-	printf ("<This USB chip looks like a %s>\n\n", chip_name);
+	printf ("<This USB chip looks like a %s (result from %s)>\n\n",
+		chip_name, PACKAGE_STRING);
       else
-	printf ("<Couldn't determine the type of the USB chip>\n\n");
+	printf ("<Couldn't determine the type of the USB chip (result from %s)>\n\n",
+		PACKAGE_STRING);
     }
 
   return chip_name;