diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index c07380502..b5f35d59d 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -1099,6 +1099,7 @@ static void misc_config_read (LinphoneCore *lc) {
 static void linphone_core_init (LinphoneCore * lc, const LinphoneCoreVTable *vtable, const char *config_path,
     const char *factory_config_path, void * userdata)
 {
+	ms_message("Initializing LinphoneCore %s", linphone_core_get_version());
 	memset (lc, 0, sizeof (LinphoneCore));
 	lc->data=userdata;
 	lc->ringstream_autorelease=TRUE;