diff --git a/src/command/cmd_funcs.c b/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
index 16a2a2a7..850be61c 100644
--- a/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
+++ b/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
@@ -6463,7 +6463,7 @@ gboolean
 cmd_plugins_python_version(ProfWin *window, const char *const command, gchar **args)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
-    const char *version = python_get_version();
+    const char *version = python_get_version_string();
     cons_show("Python version:");
     cons_show("%s", version);
 #else
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a473ac42..3910c47a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 #include "gitversion.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
+#include "plugins/python_plugins.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "profanity.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "command/cmd_defs.h"
@@ -131,7 +135,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
-        g_print("Python plugins: Enabled\n");
+        gchar *python_version = python_get_version_number();
+        g_print("Python plugins: Enabled (%s)\n", python_version);
+        g_free(python_version);
 #else
         g_print("Python plugins: Disabled\n");
 #endif
diff --git a/src/plugins/python_plugins.c b/src/plugins/python_plugins.c
index f8f35628..934a2e4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python_plugins.c
+++ b/src/plugins/python_plugins.c
@@ -74,11 +74,22 @@ _unref_module(PyObject *module)
 }
 
 const char*
-python_get_version(void)
+python_get_version_string(void)
 {
     return Py_GetVersion();
 }
 
+gchar*
+python_get_version_number(void)
+{
+    const char *version_str = Py_GetVersion();
+    gchar **split = g_strsplit(version_str, " ", 0);
+    gchar *version_number = g_strdup(split[0]);
+    g_strfreev(split);
+
+    return version_number;
+}
+
 void
 python_env_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/python_plugins.h b/src/plugins/python_plugins.h
index 778846b2..4b76ce4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python_plugins.h
+++ b/src/plugins/python_plugins.h
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ void python_check_error(void);
 void allow_python_threads();
 void disable_python_threads();
 
-const char* python_get_version(void);
+const char* python_get_version_string(void);
+gchar* python_get_version_number(void);
 
 void python_init_hook(ProfPlugin *plugin, const char *const version, const char *const status,
     const char *const account_name, const char *const fulljid);