diff --git a/syncthing/build-syncthing.py b/syncthing/build-syncthing.py
index 8cf9987b4..b3f99c1a4 100644
--- a/syncthing/build-syncthing.py
+++ b/syncthing/build-syncthing.py
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ def get_ndk_home():
         'CGO_ENABLED': '1',
     })
 
+    subprocess.check_call(
+        ['go', 'version'],
+        env=environ, cwd=syncthing_dir)
+    subprocess.check_call(
+        ['go', 'run', 'build.go', 'version'],
+        env=environ, cwd=syncthing_dir)
     cc = os.path.join(
         get_ndk_home(), "toolchains", "llvm", "prebuilt",
         PLATFORM_DIRS[platform.system()], "bin",