diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindDCompiler.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindDCompiler.cmake
index 494ffa80ad..32bbc0bcf6 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindDCompiler.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindDCompiler.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #  D_COMPILER_FOUND          - true if a D compiler was found
 #  D_COMPILER          - D compiler
 #  D_COMPILER_FLAGS    - D compiler flags (could be passed in the DMD environment variable)
+#  D_COMPILER_ID       = {"DigitalMars", "LDMD", "LDC", "GDC"}
+#  D_COMPILER_VERSION_STRING - String containing the compiler version, e.g. "DMD64 D Compiler v2.070.2"
 
 
 set(D_COMPILER_FOUND "FALSE")
@@ -40,11 +42,19 @@ if (D_COMPILER)
     elseif (__D_COMPILER_NAME STREQUAL "gdc")
         set(D_COMPILER_ID "GDC")
     endif()
+
+    # Older versions of ldmd do not have --version cmdline option, but the error message still contains the version info in the first line.
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${D_COMPILER} --version
+                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE D_COMPILER_VERSION_STRING
+                    ERROR_VARIABLE D_COMPILER_VERSION_STRING
+                    ERROR_QUIET)
+    string(REGEX MATCH "^[^\r\n:]*" D_COMPILER_VERSION_STRING "${D_COMPILER_VERSION_STRING}")
 endif()
 
 
 if (D_COMPILER_FOUND)
     message(STATUS "Found D compiler ${D_COMPILER}, with default flags '${D_COMPILER_FLAGS}'")
+    message(STATUS "D compiler version: ${D_COMPILER_VERSION_STRING}")
 else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Did not find D compiler! Try setting the 'DMD' environment variable.")
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()
diff --git a/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in b/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in
index 1b11fb8374..9f9c158c74 100644
--- a/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in
+++ b/driver/ldc-version.cpp.in
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ namespace ldc {
 const char * const ldc_version = "@LDC_VERSION@";
 const char * const dmd_version = "v@DMD_VERSION@";
 const char * const llvm_version = "@LLVM_VERSION_STRING@";
+const char * const built_with_Dcompiler_version = "@D_COMPILER_VERSION_STRING@";
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/driver/ldc-version.h b/driver/ldc-version.h
index 6166e728a0..a1451bc7be 100644
--- a/driver/ldc-version.h
+++ b/driver/ldc-version.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace ldc {
 extern const char *const ldc_version;
 extern const char *const dmd_version;
 extern const char *const llvm_version;
+extern const char *const built_with_Dcompiler_version;
+
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/driver/main.cpp b/driver/main.cpp
index 3c1dc29e2f..3e39f60634 100644
--- a/driver/main.cpp
+++ b/driver/main.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void printVersion() {
   printf("LDC - the LLVM D compiler (%s):\n", global.ldc_version);
   printf("  based on DMD %s and LLVM %s\n", global.version,
          global.llvm_version);
+  printf("  built with %s\n", ldc::built_with_Dcompiler_version);
 #if defined(__has_feature)
 #if __has_feature(address_sanitizer)
   printf("  compiled with address sanitizer enabled\n");