diff --git a/README_TASKD b/README_TASKD
index b640280eb..be32a4cb2 100644
--- a/README_TASKD
+++ b/README_TASKD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ are required.
 Building Taskwarrior
 --------------------
 
-You will need the following depdendencies:
+You will need the following dependencies:
 
   cmake
   make
diff --git a/test/version.t b/test/version.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d3f6f5579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/version.t
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env perl
+################################################################################
+## taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006-2013, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+##
+## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+##
+## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+##
+## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+## SOFTWARE.
+##
+## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+my $year = (localtime (time))[5] + 1900;
+
+my $output = qx{../src/task version 2>&1};
+like ($output, qr/Copyright \(C\) \d{4} - $year/, 'Copyright is current');
+
+exit 0;
+