diff --git a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
index 50c8b006ed..7f4ac565ce 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ internalConnectionWorker appState = work
   where
     work = do
       AppConfig{..} <- getConfig appState
+      logWithZTime appState $ "Starting PostgREST " <> T.decodeUtf8 prettyVersion <> "..."
       logWithZTime appState "Attempting to connect to the database..."
       connected <- establishConnection appState
       case connected of
diff --git a/test/io/postgrest.py b/test/io/postgrest.py
index 0dccb41b6e..90babd7cbd 100644
--- a/test/io/postgrest.py
+++ b/test/io/postgrest.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def run(
     host=None,
     wait_for_readiness=True,
     no_pool_connection_available=False,
+    no_startup_stdout=True,
 ):
     "Run PostgREST and yield an endpoint that is ready for connections."
 
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ def run(
             if wait_for_readiness:
                 wait_until_ready(adminurl + "/ready")
 
-            process.stdout.read()
+            if no_startup_stdout:
+                process.stdout.read()
 
             if no_pool_connection_available:
                 sleep_pool_connection(baseurl, 10)
diff --git a/test/io/test_io.py b/test/io/test_io.py
index da6e5eb573..ff4538f5c5 100644
--- a/test/io/test_io.py
+++ b/test/io/test_io.py
@@ -1039,3 +1039,15 @@ def test_get_pgrst_version_with_keyval_connection_string(defaultenv):
             "postgrest/", "PostgREST "
         )
         assert response.text == version
+
+
+def test_log_postgrest_version(defaultenv):
+    "Should show the PostgREST version in the logs"
+
+    with run(env=defaultenv, no_startup_stdout=False) as postgrest:
+        version = postgrest.session.head("/").headers["Server"].split("/")[1]
+
+        assert (
+            "Starting PostgREST %s..." % version
+            in postgrest.process.stdout.readline().decode()
+        )