diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 1de9c0d589..44cee69c11 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ void get_version_info(struct strbuf *buf, int show_build_options)
 			strbuf_addstr(buf, "no commit associated with this build\n");
 		strbuf_addf(buf, "sizeof-long: %d\n", (int)sizeof(long));
 		strbuf_addf(buf, "sizeof-size_t: %d\n", (int)sizeof(size_t));
+		strbuf_addf(buf, "shell-path: %s\n", SHELL_PATH);
 		/* NEEDSWORK: also save and output GIT-BUILD_OPTIONS? */
 	}
 }