diff --git a/module/spl/spl-generic.c b/module/spl/spl-generic.c
index d5c1523e1a..956be68822 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-generic.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-generic.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_GENERIC
 
 char spl_version[16] = "SPL v" SPL_META_VERSION;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(spl_version);
 
 long spl_hostid = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(spl_hostid);
diff --git a/module/splat/splat-ctl.c b/module/splat/splat-ctl.c
index 09f0847109..ba68de2122 100644
--- a/module/splat/splat-ctl.c
+++ b/module/splat/splat-ctl.c
@@ -70,11 +70,14 @@ splat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		kfree(info);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	memset(info->info_buffer, 0, info->info_size);
 
 	info->info_head = info->info_buffer;
 	file->private_data = (void *)info;
 
-        return 0;
+	splat_print(file, "%s\n", spl_version);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int