diff --git a/test/asm/.gitignore b/test/asm/.gitignore
index 6a5a4030..ae8c65ea 100644
--- a/test/asm/.gitignore
+++ b/test/asm/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 quote\"file.*
+version.out
diff --git a/test/asm/test.sh b/test/asm/test.sh
index 678bb0db..12634c95 100755
--- a/test/asm/test.sh
+++ b/test/asm/test.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ tryCmp () {
 	cmp $1 $2 || (../../contrib/gbdiff.bash $1 $2; echo "${bold}${red}${i%.asm}${variant}.out.bin mismatch!${rescolors}${resbold}"; false)
 }
 
+# Add the version constants test, outputting the closest tag to the HEAD
+git describe --tags --abbrev=0 > version.out
+
 # Add the quote test, except on Windows
 if uname | grep -viq mingw; then
 	cat > quote\"file.asm <<EOF
diff --git a/test/asm/version.asm b/test/asm/version.asm
index f64edb5a..49001766 100644
--- a/test/asm/version.asm
+++ b/test/asm/version.asm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-PRINTT "RGBDS version {d:__RGBDS_MAJOR__}.{d:__RGBDS_MINOR__}.{d:__RGBDS_PATCH__}\n"
+PRINTT "v{d:__RGBDS_MAJOR__}.{d:__RGBDS_MINOR__}.{d:__RGBDS_PATCH__}\n"
diff --git a/test/asm/version.out b/test/asm/version.out
deleted file mode 100644
index fb9845aa..00000000
--- a/test/asm/version.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-RGBDS version 0.4.2