diff --git a/prefs.php b/prefs.php
index 0581a6c55..387ea97b4 100644
--- a/prefs.php
+++ b/prefs.php
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@
 
 <div id="footer" dojoType="dijit.layout.ContentPane" region="bottom">
 	<a class="insensitive" target="_blank" href="http://tt-rss.org/">
-	Tiny Tiny RSS</a> <?php echo VERSION ?> &copy; 2005-<?php echo date('Y') ?>
+	Tiny Tiny RSS</a>
+	<?php if (!defined('HIDE_VERSION')) { ?>
+		 v<?php echo VERSION ?>
+	<?php } ?>
+	&copy; 2005-<?php echo date('Y') ?>
 	<a class="insensitive" target="_blank"
 	href="http://fakecake.org/">Andrew Dolgov</a>
 </div> <!-- footer -->