diff --git a/cpp/src/Makefile.am b/cpp/src/Makefile.am
index 78d14aa..79b692d 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/cpp/src/Makefile.am
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ msgpack/version.h: msgpack/version.h.in Makefile.in
 		-e s/VERSION_MINOR_UNDEFINED/$(VERSION_MINOR)/ \
 		$< > $@
 
+#version.c: msgpack/version.h
+
 
 doxygen_c:
 	cat ../Doxyfile > Doxyfile_c
diff --git a/cpp/test/version.cc b/cpp/test/version.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9357271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/test/version.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <msgpack.hpp>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+TEST(version, print)
+{
+	printf("MSGPACK_VERSION          : %s\n", MSGPACK_VERSION);
+	printf("MSGPACK_VERSION_MAJOR    : %d\n", MSGPACK_VERSION_MAJOR);
+	printf("MSGPACK_VERSION_MINOR    : %d\n", MSGPACK_VERSION_MINOR);
+	printf("msgpack_version()        : %s\n", msgpack_version());
+	printf("msgpack_version_major()  : %d\n", msgpack_version_major());
+	printf("msgpack_version_minor()  : %d\n", msgpack_version_minor());
+}
+